Yukon Yesterdays: 30 Years of Adventure in the Klondike

Personal memories of the famous Klondike Gold Rush, first-hand accounts of lucky strikes, stories of Dawson in the wild 90's, together with adventures in mining, exploring and big game hunting in the unknown sub-Arctic.The Klondike Gold Rush is on! Time waits for no man, and luck in the game of gold, can favor the chechako as well as the sourdough.Nevill Armstrong entered the Yukon in 1898, along with thousands of other adventurers seeking their fortunes.There are fortunes, misfortune, and missed fortunes and Nevill experienced all of these in short order upon reaching Dawson—the epicenter of the Klondike.He soon decided the life of wild adventure and hardship suited him fine, unearthing in his bench claim on Chechako hill the largest Nugget found in the Klondike!After the initial rush had cooled and seeking new ground Armstrong and another hardy sourdough, along with their wives, set off on an adventure into the sub-arctic unknown territories near the head waters of the Yukon, little knowing the hardships that would befall them. Spending 18 grueling months hundreds of miles from any civilization, with the coldest winter on record they were content to get back home with their lives—without the riches they had searched for.The stories of our frontiers are timeless, andYukon Yesterdaysis as interesting today as when it was first published in England in 1936. The first-hand accounts of the people and sociological studies of boomtowns and the "luck of the game" are fascinating as well as informative. The tales among the clouds hunting big game in unknown and unexplored territories are an adventure in themselves. And the stories of gold will make one long for a simpler time, when all that was needed to make your fortune was to head for the Northern Eldorado of the Klondike.Some Press Reviews:The best story of authentic adventures we have read for a long time.”—Morning Post.“Major Armstrong describes thirty years’ adventure in the Klondike with a becoming modesty, and though he has tales to tell of the most appalling h