Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE BOY FORTUNE HUNTERS IN ALASKA

by

FLOYD AKERS

Author of “The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama,” etc.

Chicago The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago

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BOYS BOOKS BY FLOYD AKERS

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The Boy Fortune Hunters
in Alaska

The Boy Fortune Hunters
in Panama

The Boy Fortune Hunters
in Egypt

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Cloth 12 mos. Splendidly Illustrated.

Price 60 cents each.

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Copyright 1908
BY
THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.

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LIST OF CHAPTERS

CHAPTER PAGE
I I HEAR BAD NEWS 9
II I FIND A RELATIVE 24
III MY FORTUNES IMPROVE 40
IV I SHIP ABOARD THE “FLIPPER” 54
V “NUX” AND “BRYONIA” 66
VI THE LAND OF MYSTERY 83
VII THE MAJOR 91
VIII THE SANDS OF GOLD 110
IX THE OUTLAWS 124
X THE ROCKING-STONE 137
XI THE CAVERN 153
XII WE RECOVER THE GOLD 169
XIII THE CATASTROPHE 184
XIV BURIED ALIVE! 193
XV THE MAJOR GIVES CHASE 206
XVI THE GRAVE CAPTAIN GAY 219
XVII WE GIVE UP THE SHIP 235
XVIII UNCLE NABOTH’S REVENGE 247
XIX THE CONQUEST OF MRS. RANCK 257
XX STEELE, PERKINS & STEELE 270

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