Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction viii
4. 1 The Genesis of An Alaska Court 1
5. 2 Dawson and The Klondike Mines 9
6. 3 Planting American Courts In The Wilderness 19
7. 4 Common Law of The Trail 39
8. 5 Riding The Arctic Circuit 53
9. 6 The Yukon River Winter Trail 71
10. 7 Triple Murder in The Aleutians 81
11. 8 The Anvil Creek Conspiracy 91
12. 9 The Corruption of The Court 99
13. 10 Liars And Thieves 109
14. 11 Social Life At Nome, 1901-1902 125
15. 12 The Dog Trail From Circle To Fairbanks 133
16. 13 Fairbanks And The Tanana Mines 147
17. 14 The Mount Mckinley Expedition 167
18. 15 Up The Kantishna 181
19. 16 The Approach 197
20. 17 On The Slopes Of Denali 217
21. 18 Rafting Home 231
22. 19 Three Thousand Miles of Justice 243
23. 20 The Valdez-Fairbanks Trail In 1905 269
24. 21 The Judge Goes On Trial 277
25. Index 293