Wardman, George:

$200 · Offered by William Reese Company

A TRIP TO ALASKA A NARRATIVE OF WHAT WAS SEEN AND HEARD DURING A SUMMER CRUISE IN ALASKAN WATERS. A detailed account of Alaska, her resources and inhabitants, as seen by an agent of the U.S. Treasury during a voyage in 1879 aboard the revenue cutter, Rush. Discusses the fur trade, whaling, Aleut customs, etc. The author is mildly positive about what he saw, and warns farmers and mechanics contemplating a move to Alaska not to risk their happiness there. Perhaps he would have had a different view a few years later with the advent of the gold rush.

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