1．Literary Analysis:Adventure and Myth 1
2．The Alaskan Panhandle and the Yukon Territory 25
FROM:Fur Seals of Alaska.Hearings before the United States Committee on Ways and Means(1904) 37
H.M.Robinson,The Great Fur Land;or,Sketches of Life in the Hudson's Bay Territory(1879) 38
Robert W.Service,"The Cremation of Sam McGee,"in The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses(1907) 49
3．The Yukon Gold Rush 55
FROM:M.H.E.Hayne and H.West Taylor,The Pioneers of the Klondyke(1897) 67
"Stream of Gold from Klondyke,"San Francisco Call(July 18,1897) 72
"More Want to Go,"Oakland Times (July 30,1897) 79
Steamer Advertisement,San Francisco Call(July 18,1897) 81
Advertisement for Equipment in A.E.Ironmonger Sola,Klondyke:Truth and Facts of the New El Dorado(1897) 83
Advertisement for a Guide in A.E.Ironmonger Sola,Klondyke:Truth and Facts of the New El Dorado(1897) 84
L.A.Coolidge,Klondike and the Yukon Country(1897) 85
Joseph Ladue,Klondyke Facts,Being a Complete Guide to the Gold Regions of the Great Canadian Northwest Territories and Alaska(1897) 91
William B.Haskell,Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-Fields(1898) 93
A.C.Harris,Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields(1897) 96
Josiah Edward Spurr,Through the Yukon Gold Diggings(1900) 98
A.E.Ironmonger Sola,Klondyke:Truth and Facts of the New El Dorado(1897) 101
L.A.Coolidge,Klondike and the Yukon Country(1897) 104
Josiah Edward Spurr,Through the Yukon Gold Diggings(1900) 106
Joseph Ladue,Klondyke Facts(1897) 107
A.E.Ironmonger Sola,Klondyke:Truth and Facts of the New El Dorado(1897) 109
Joseph Ladue,Klondyke Facts(1897) 111
W.D.Lighthall,"The Too-Much-Gold River,"in Joseph Ladue,Klondyke Facts(1897) 116
Robert W.Service,"The Spell of the Yukon"and"The Heart of the Sourdough,"in The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses(1907) 118
Hugh Wells,"There Is a Land,"and Anonymous,"This Is the Grave,"Carved into Trees on the Way to the Yukon(1897) 122
4．The Sled Dog 127
FROM:Robert Leighton,Dogs and All About Them(1910) 147
Edward Jesse,Anecdotes of Dogs(1878) 150
Egerton Young,My Dogs in the Northland(1902) 152
Edward Jesse,Anecdotes of Dogs(1878) 157
Egerton Young,My Dogs in the Northland(1902) 158
Robert Leighton,Dogs and All About Them(1910) 160
H.M.Robinson,The Great Fur Land;or,Sketches of Life in the Hudson's Bay Territory(1879) 162
Robert Leighton,The New Book of the Dog(1907) 166
Egerton Young,My Dogs in the Northland(1902) 168
Egerton Young,My Dogs in the Northland(1902) 170
William B.Haskell,Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-Fields(1898) 173
"Nome Dogs Battle Blizzard,"San Francisco Chronicle (Monday,February 2,1925) 178
5．Humans'Relationship with Animals:The Issue of Cruelty 183
FROM:The First Book of Moses Called Genesis in the King James Version of the Bible 198
H.M.Robinson,The Great Fur Land;or,Sketches of Life in the Hudson's Bay Territory(1879) 200
Arthur Treadwell Walden,A Dog-Puncher on the Yukon(1928) 204
William B.Haskell,Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-Fields(1898) 206
Egerton Young,My Dogs in the Northland(1902) 210
Anna Sewell,Black Beauty(1894) 213
"Our Mission,"PETA Web Site 214
6．The Wolf:Symbol,Myth,and Issue 219
FROM："Wolves,"in The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts(1887) 233
H.Perry Robinson,Of Distinguished Animals(1911) 235
Nathaniel Reed,"Letter to Edward A.Garmatz,Chairman,Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,House of Representatives,1972,"in Predatory Mammals and Endangered Species.Hearings before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation(1972) 237
Araby Colton,"Letter to Wolf Defenders,"in Predatory Mammals and Endangered Species(1972) 240
"Statement of Hon.Ron Marlenee,U.S.Representative from Montana,"in Endangered Species Act Reauthorization.Hearing before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment(1987) 242
"Testimony of Frank Dunkle,Director of Fish and Wildlife Service,"in Endangered Species Act Reauthorization(1987) 245
Index 249