Down North: Profiles from Alaska and the Yukon
by Pohl, William L
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0896210863
- ISBN 13
- 9780896210868
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Thorndike, Maine: Thorndike Press, 1986. Book. Illus. by Jock Conyngham, Photographer. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean stated First Printing in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean unfaded brown cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean, with map-decorated endpapers; small previous owner return address label at top right corner of front free endpaper - no other marks. Illustrated with wonderful photographs of people and places. 196 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, a few short closed edge tears at top spine edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. From its origins in the Canadian wilderness, the Yukon River flows Down North over1,000 miles through the Yukon, across Alaska, and out to sea. Here, in their own words, are the fascinating stories of men and women who have fought for and earned a place on this fragile frontier. This is a picture of a remote, sometimes brutal land whose wild grandeur and untamed reaches continue to lay claim to a special breed of people. .
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034257
- Title
- Down North: Profiles from Alaska and the Yukon
- Author
- Pohl, William L
- Illustrator
- Jock Conyngham, Photographer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0896210863
- ISBN 13
- 9780896210868
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press
- Place of Publication
- Thorndike, Maine
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Alaska, Yukon, Canadian wilderness profiles, Americana, Eskimo, Native American, biography, Yukon River, back to the land, Alaskan frontier, wilderness life, survivalists
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; Canada;
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