Peerless Alaska, our cache near the pole

Charles Hallock

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• Langue: English
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_id.Y^PEERLESS ALASKA
OUR CACHE NEAR THE POLE
By
CHARLES HALLOCK, M.A.
Founder Forest and Stream,of and Dean of
Jlmerican Sportsmen
ILLUSTRATED FROM SKETCHES BY
GEORGE G. CANTWELL
YORKNEW
COMPANYBROADWAY 'PUBLISHING
1908Act of Congress, in the year 1908, byEntered, according to
COMPANY.BROADWAY PUBLISHING
D.In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, C.A FOREWORD.
To the Public:
As the founder of American churches, schools and
civil government in Alaska, and for thirty-one years an
active worker in its development, pleasure InI take
calling public attention to the excellence, reliability and
completeness of this book Mr. aptly indi-of Hallock, so
cated by its sub-title as "Our Near Pole."Cache the
Alaska is a country of which the half has not been
told or even surmised. theTo write so that reader can
see and in some measure comprehend it is like re-what
quires authoran of special gift, and this Mr. Hallock has.
naturalist and trainedAs a sportsman, he has been to
close observation. As a scientist, he defines, adapts and
applies. As an editor for fifty-five years in and out, he
has had long practice in the art of putting things. He
appeals irresistibly to one's sense of appreciation. Fur-
thermore, as the author of half a dozen popular books
on natural history and sport, and a purveyor for many
years to lovers of outdoor life through the "Forest and
Stream," which he founded, he knows how to diagnose
the public mind and prescribe just what it wants and
needs to know. And the results of all this professional
training and experience and investigation are admirably
and opportunely presented in this last work of his, which
same guarantees to the reader pleasure, accuracy and
instruction.
Sheldon Jackson,
General Agent of Education for Alaska.U. S.
MarchWashington, D. C, 13, 1908.