Along Alaska's Great River: A Popular Account of the Travels of the Alaska Exploring Expedition of 1883, Along the Great Yukon River, from Its Source to Its Mouth, in the British North-West [Northwest] Territory, and in the Territory of Alaska

426 pp. Original navy blue cloth, gilt titles, gold and silver decorations, decorated endpapers. Illustrated with engravings and maps. "A detailed narrative for general readers of the Alaska Military Reconnaissance 1883: the travels of the author's seven-man party by the inland passage, Lynn Canal, into the Chilkat country, over the Coast Mountains; the journey by raft from the headwaters of the Yukon for 1300 miles, thence by schooner to its mouth; with running comment on the country traversed, on the Indians, Eskimos, and their customs. Appendices on flora... and on the itinerary (with distances). Maps: map of the Yukon River from Fort Yukon to its mouth (scale 1 in:45 mi), also two maps showing route of expedition." Includes: Introductory; The Inland Passage to Alaska; In the Chilkat Country; Over the Mountain Pass; Along the Lakes; A Chapter about Rafting; The Grand Canon of the Yukon; Down the River to Selkirk; Through the Upper Ramparts; Through the Yukon Flat-Lands; Through the Lower Ramparts and End of the Raft Journey; Down the River, and Home; Appendix. About the author: "Frederick Schwatka (29 September 1849 - 2 November 1892) was a United States Army lieutenant with degrees in medicine and law and a noted explorer of northern Canada and Alaska."