Music of the Alaska-Klondike gold rush : songs & history / [compiled] by Jean A. Murray.

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Title: Music of the Alaska-Klondike gold rush : songs & history / [compiled] by Jean A. Murray.
Alternative Title: LaternLight library
Creator: Murray, Jean A
Published / Created: 1999
Publication Place: Fairbanks, Alaska :
Publisher: University of Alaska Press,
Abstract: "The heart of this book is the music talked about in diaries of the gold seekers"--p. xi.
Description: BEIN Zc86 +999mu: Dust jacket. "First printing."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 416-424) and indexes.
Songs and parodies by the gold seekers -- Songs about the gold rush by professional musicians -- Popular music recalled in diaries and other accounts of the gold rush
Extent: 1 score (xv, 440 p.) : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 29 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.

Format: notated music and text
Subject (Geographic): Alaska--Gold discoveries--Songs and music
Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries--Songs and music
Subject (Topic): Gold miners--Alaska--Songs and music
Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Songs and music
Gold mines and mining--Canada--Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Songs and music
Minstrel music--United States
Minstrel shows--Alaska--Pictorial works

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