Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Part One Gold
6. 1 A Gold Rush Town 1
7. 2 The Stampede 13
8. 3 Frozen Gold 27
9. 4 Going Home 39
10. 5 Hot Rocks 55
11. 6 Gold Fever 63
12. Part Two Air
13. 7 The Bush 77
14. 8 The Dream 89
15. 9 Beaver Creek 99
16. 10 Life on the River 111
17. 11 Kaboom 127
18. 12 Drafted 131
19. Part Three Oil
20. 13 The Proposal 145
21. 14 Boom Time 157
22. 15 The Alaska Dream 173
23. 16 Mining Camp 183
24. 17 The Alaska Reality 189
25. 18 The Crash 199
26. Part Four Subsistence
27. 19 Visiting the Land of Caribou 209
28. 20 Fending for Myself 221
29. 21 Filling the Freezer 235
30. 22 Oil vs. Food 241
31. 23 The Next Bend 249
32. Index 255
33. About the Author 263