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Guarding the goldfields : the story of the Yukon Field Force /
A history of the Yukon Field Force, an ad hoc unit of the Canadian Militia which only existed for two years, from 1898 to 1900, based on the diary of Edward Lester, an English immigrant who served in the Force as a private soldier. Includes Lester's diary (p.130-206).
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
Dundurn Press,
1987.
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| Colección: | Canadian War Museum historical publication ;
no. 24. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction “The Golden Mecca of the North�""; ""Archival Detective Work: The Provenance of the Lester Diary""; ""Edward Lester�s Diary “Plenty of good hard graft�""; ""Faith Fenton�s Despatches “Special Correspondence of the Globe�""; ""Edward Lester�s Diary “Damn the Goldfields altogether�""; ""Faith Fenton�s & Georgia Powell�s Despatches “From mountain to swamp and bog�""; ""Edward Lester�s Diary “Up to our waists in ice-cold water�""; ""Faith Fenton�s Last Despatch “The Yukon Jollies�""