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Title: The Young Alaskans

Author: Emerson Hough

Release Date: May 16, 2008 [eBook #25494]

Language: English

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THE YOUNG ALASKANS

by

EMERSON HOUGH

Author of
"The Story of the Cowboy"
"The Mississippi Bubble"
Etc. Etc.

Illustrated

Harper & Brothers Publishers
New York and London
MCMVIII

Copyright, 1908, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Published October, 1908.

[Illustration: See p 66
SUDDENLY DROPPING TO HIS KNEE HE FIRED WITHOUT LONGER HESITATION]

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. AT HOME IN ALASKA 1
II. AFLOAT ON THE PACIFIC 7
III. THE JOURNEY TO THE NORTH 16
IV. LOST IN THE FOG 23
V. THE MISSING DORY 28
VI. ADRIFT ON THE OCEAN 35
VII. THE HUT ON THE BEACH 41
VIII. THE SALMON RUN 49
IX. THE BIG BEAR OF KADIAK 58
X. THE SAVAGE REFUGEE 68
XI. A