A photographic tour of the Yukon River tells the story of the great gold rush of 1898 with photographs of a 460-mile stretch from Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon Territory, to the Arctic Circle.
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Grade 5-8-- A photo-travelogue of a canoe trip during which Lourie and a friend paddled 460 miles, from Canada's Whitehorse to Dawson. Interspersed with the first-person narrative are facts and archival photographs of the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s. That mixture of current and historical information is sometimes confusing, especially because of the inclusion of the black-and-white photographs with little or no explanation in the accompanying text. The descriptions are laced with the author's expectations and predictions of what the pair would encounter. The title is somewhat misleading in that the two navigate only a small portion of the Yukon, which begins on the edge of Alaska near the Bering Sea. Even more misleading is when returning salmon are labeled ``she'' when, in fact, both sexes migrate back to their birth rivers. These are quibbles however. The excellent photographs and commentary are a useful accompaniment to studies of Jack London (Who doesn't want to see Lake Laberge?) or the gold rush. A lovely vacation reminiscence that also can also serve as a resource in classrooms and as an inspiration to young adventurers. --Mollie Bynum, Chester Valley Elementary School, Anchorage, AK
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Peter Lourie was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and grew up in New England, Ontario, Canada, and New York City. He holds a BA in classics from New York University, an MA in English Literature from the University of Maine, and an MFA in nonfiction creative writing from Columbia University. He has taught writing for many years (Middlebury College, Columbia College, University of Vermont), and now makes his living traveling, writing and photographing. He also visits schools to share his adventures with students and teachers. He lives in Vermont where he is now working on an ongoing NSF-funded digital story-telling project about the Arctic, and a book about the Leakey family on Lake Turkana, Kenya.
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Nice book for kids; good pictures,
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This review is from: Yukon River: An Adventure to the Gold Fields of the Klondike (Library Binding)
If you want info for a canoe trip down the Yukon forget this one... it's for kids... unless, that is, you want it for the pictures, which are delightful.
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