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Biography & Autobiography General

Klondike Cattle Drive

by (author) Norman Lee

Publisher
TouchWood Editions
Initial publish date
Aug 2005
Category
General, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894898140
    Publish Date
    Aug 2005
    List Price
    $12.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781927129548
    Publish Date
    Jul 2011
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

The latest addition to TouchWood Editions’ Classics West Collection, Klondike Cattle Drive is the colourful tale of a formidable trek undertaken by legendary Cariboo rancher Norman Lee.

 

In 1898, Lee set out to drive 200 head of cattle from his home in the Chilcotin area of B.C. to the Klondike goldfields—a distance of 1,500 miles. He was gambling both his cattle and his life. This is his story, derived from the journal he kept, his letters and the loyal men who accompanied him. Throughout the daunting weeks of coping with mud, cold and sheer bad luck, Lee kept his sense of humour. When he returned from his Yukon trek, he rewrote the notes from his journal, illustrating his story with his own cartoons and sketches. He completed his manuscript around the turn of the century, but it sat untouched until 1960, when it was published by Howard Mitchell of Mitchell Press, Vancouver.

About the author

Well-known pioneer Norman Lee was born in England and arrived in British Columbia via San Francisco. He worked at a variety of jobs before fulfilling his dream of having a ranch of his own. He made his home in Hanceville on the Chilcotin Plateau, where the Lee name remains legendary.

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