THE NATURE OF GOLD: An Environmental History of the Klondike Gold Rush By Kathryn Morse. Seattle: University of Washington Press, (2003). First edition, first printing. First printing number code sequence 1 through 6 to the copyright page. Foreword by William Cronon. Illustrated with seven maps and with numerous figures and photographs. Drawing on original miner's letters and diaries, newspaper accounts and more, Morse describes the miners technologies, travel, food, clothing, tools, influences, effected political and social debates, valuation of gold, transportation, supplies, marketing, agricultural laborers affected, cultural transformations, exploitation, ecology and more. Fine, crisp and square in fresh blue linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine, yellow headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket. Octavo; 290 pages; notes; selected bibliography; index. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION HISTORIES THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.