The Land of Nome: A Narrative Sketch of the Rush to Our Bering Sea Gold-Fields, the Country, Its Mines and Its People, and the History of a Great Conspiracy, 1900-1901

ix, [3], 260 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt titles and rules. A firsthand account by a senior partner of the New York law firm of Hervey, Barber, and McKee, who practiced law in Alaska during the Nome Gold Rush. The first half of the book comprises an account taken from the author's diary, and includes "a sketch of the rush to the Cape Nome gold-fields and the character of the country and its people. The second half treats the author's assessment of corruption and conspiracy with regard to the way claims were handled.