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Caught in the Sluice : Tales from Alaska's Gold Camps by Neil Davis (1994, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMcroy & Blackburn, Publishers

ISBN-10096325961X

ISBN-139780963259615

eBay Product ID (ePID)3038762195

Product Key Features

Book TitleCaught in the Sluice : Tales from Alaska's Gold Camps

Number of Pages169 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMining, Short Stories (Single Author), Humorous / General

Publication Year1994

IllustratorYes, Cook, Alice

GenreTechnology & Engineering, Fiction

AuthorNeil Davis

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"Most of the stories have the feel of a tall tale, but not all of them. Davis includes many authentic details about the old mining methods--sluice operations, milling quartz, the operation of the big dredges and the use of hydraulic giants." --Debbie Carter, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, " Caught in the Sluice [is] a collection of entertaining stories about Alaska characters... usually their hearts are in the right place--except when blackened by greed and treachery...The author's style reflects his sense of how these tales would be told by literate miners. He does not overdo the folksy touch, nor strain for vintage slang, yet still manages to convey a sense of a particular time, place and occupation." --Bill Hunt, Alaska magazine "Most of the stories have the feel of a tall tale, but not all of them. Davis includes many authentic details about the old mining methods--sluice operations, milling quartz, the operation of the big dredges and the use of hydraulic giants." --Debbie Carter, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, " Caught in the Sluice [is] a collection of entertaining stories about Alaska characters... usually their hearts are in the right place--except when blackened by greed and treachery... The author's style reflects his sense of how these tales would be told by literate miners. He does not overdo the folksy touch, nor strain for vintage slang, yet still manages to convey a sense of a particular time, place and occupation." --Bill Hunt, Alaska magazine

Number of VolumesDavis, Neil

SynopsisMoose John strides daydreaming through the first pages in this collection of mining tales, followed by Wilfred Winchester Wilkensfield III, who discovers an unexpected prehistoric hazard while mining for gold in permafrost. The Olgilvie Gold Fibulator creates bonanzas for miners and Shakespearean actors alike, Double-Dose Dobson demonstrates that he can teach his sons a thing or two even from the grave, and an implacable little lady has a showdown with a gigantic dredge. Davis, a miner and geophysicist, takes his lifetime of experience in mining and the North and spins a few lively yarns around the workings of the sluicebox and the human heart.