| Travels Among the Dena: Exploring Alaska''s Yukon Valley Subjects: Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska -- Description and travel; Koyukon Indians; Ingalik Indians; de Laguna Frederica 1906– Journeys -- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska); This robust and engaging travel narrative re-creates a remarkable adventure in the summer of 1935, when Frederica de Laguna, then in her late 20s, led a party of three other scientists down the rivers of the middle and lower Yukon valley, making a geological and archaeological reconnaissance. De Laguna has based her story on her field notes, journals, and letters home. She augments this first-hand account with excerpts from the reports of earlier explorers and data published after her trip. The result is a fascinating and informative cross-cut of historical events along the Yukon River and its tributaries. |