Author: Grinnell, Joseph.
Title: GOLD HUNTING IN ALASKA As Told by ... Edited by Elizabeth Grinnell.
Description: David C. Cook ... Ill. and Chicago, 1901. 1st Ed. Thin square 8vo. 96pp. Many ills. With the pencil signature of George Young, light browning, original half maroon cloth with marbled boards, gilt lettering to upper board and spine, minor marking, spine sl. bumped. ¶ Joseph Grinnell (1877–1939) American field biologist and zoologist. He made extensive studies of the fauna of California, and is credited with introducing a method of recording precise field observations known as the Grinnell System. He spent 18 months in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. Grinnell corresponded regularly with his family, the letters were later compiled and edited into the above work.

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