In his sixth aviation history book, author Bruce McAllister takes the reader on a photographic journey, tracing the development of aviation in the Yukon Territory. There are chapters on the…
Combine all of the guts and glory of war, the lure of some of the harshest yet most beautiful land on the planet and a colossal construction project that makes…
Anyone who travels the Alaska Highway today for the first time would be hard put to imagine the hardships associated with the building of the road. This book examines all…
Chester Russell tells the amazing story of how he—and 14,000 other soldiers just like him—ended up working under god-awful conditions in the wilds of western Canada and Alaska to build…
Martha was an independent 32-year old when she headed for the Klondike in 1898. She endured the grueling Chilkoot Trail, traveled by boat down the Yukon River, and worked placer…
In 1907, Laura Beatrice Berton, a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher, left her comfortable life in Toronto to teach in a Yukon mining town. She fell in love with the North –…
“Good Time Girls is an important and entertaining addition to gold rush literature. These women are as important a part of the Klondike story as Big Alex and Swiftwater Bill.…
Pierre Berton’s riveting account reveals to us the spectacle of the Chilkoot Pass , and the terrors of lesser-known trails through the swamps of British Columbia, across the glaciers of…
The most photographed event in North America during the 19th century. More than 10,000 images reside in public archives and private collections, depicting every aspect of what popular historian Pierre…
In 1986 Kids Can Press published an edition of Robert Service’s “The Cremation of Sam McGee” illustrated by painter Ted Harrison, who used his signature broad brushstrokes and unconventional choice…
