Alaska gold : life on the new frontier, 1898-1906 : letters and photographs of the McDaniel brothers ;; edited by Jeff Kunkel

San Francisco: Scottwall Associates, with the California Historical Society, 1997. First edition, first printing (full number line); "Centennial edition.". Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. Square small quarto in b/w photo illus DJ; xi, 166 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Maps to endpapers. Wonderful black and white photos of Alaska pioneers. || Chapters entitled: California ranch -- Sea legs -- Dutch Harbor -- Through the ice floes -- Nome, the new frontier -- Mining -- Storms -- Home -- Neighbors -- Siberia -- Sundays -- Winter -- Epilogue. || Pioneers -- Alaska -- Nome Region -- Correspondence. Photographers -- Alaska -- Nome Region -- Correspondence. Gold miners -- Alaska -- Nome Region -- History -- Pictorial works. Gold mines and mining -- Alaska -- Nome Region -- History -- Pictorial works. Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska -- Nome Region -- Pictorial works. McDaniel, Wilfred A., 1874-1954 -- Correspondence. McDaniel, Edmund J., 1872-1951 -- Correspondence. McDaniel, Jessie Drake -- Correspondence. Nome Region (Alaska) -- History -- Pictorial works. Nome Region (Alaska) -- Biography.