Back Door to the Klondike, an Epic Adventure of Survival and Endurance

“Klondike Fever” enticed sixteen-year-old Lawson to join his father Jacob, uncles Len and Ed and good friend Billy McGinn. They set off from Michigan in 1898, on the adventure of their lifetimes: a quest for gold in the Yukon, at the beginning of one of the greatest gold rushes in history

Young Lawson provides a thrilling narrative of his party’s titanic efforts amid continual danger along one of the longest, hardest, most frustrating routes ever to be attempted, the Edmonton to Dawson City Route.

His own story was not about panning for gold; that was his uncles’ forte, and they had their share of luck. Lawson instead was to become one of the best big game hunters ever to excel in the depths of the Yukon winter. He fills his journal with survival stories, witty anecdotes, gritty hunting experiences and the wisdom he learned from the Indians he met along the way.

He killed, dressed and delivered meat for hundreds of miners and prospectors. It did not matter if it was 30 degrees below zero in four-feet snow drifts. His determination and skill provided fresh caribou and moose meat that fortified Klondikers’ bodies and allowed them to survive their own journeys and face their eventual fate.

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