Revised.  ISBN: 0-88240-589-6. Third Printing 2007. Softcover.  214 pages.  92 B&W photos.  2 maps.  Dimensions:  5.25" x 8.25" x .50. 

From the back cover:  In 1897-98, countless thousands of stampeders crossed the Chilkoot Pass on their way to the Klondike goldfields.  At no other time or place in recorded history did so many people voluntarily subject themselves to so much agony, misery, death and glory.

Archie Satterfield's Chilkoot Pass is at once a fresh historical account of this unique era, plus an authoritative guide to preparing for and hiking "the meanest 32 miles in history." 

Satterfield, an experienced hiker and outdoorsman, has written more than 20 books.  He's made several trips over the Chilkoot and down the Yukon River.

Praise for Chilkoot Pass:

• The author has recaptured the gaudy days of the Klondike Gold Rush with a fresh look at the gold seekers who made their way through the Pass in 1898, coupled with his own account of hiking the Pass today.  - Royal Canadian Geographical Society
• ...an excellent book, thoroughly researched, true to both the soaring dreams of the stampeders  and to the nitty gritty (unwashed feet, mildewed provisions) of the actual trek. - The Anchorage Daily News
• Satterfield put boot to trail three times to find empathy and source material for his history of the Chilkoot.  His blisters and shin-splints result in a knowing, often humorous recollection of the Pass and the men who first hiked it.  - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Any reader would be infected by Satterfield's obvious love for the brief era, its personalities, and its madness - Mountain Gazette, Colorado
• Sensible and straightforward, detailed and interesting, Chilkoot Pass is a book that's a pleasure to recommend. - Whidbey Island Record
• Chilkoot Pass merits a place in any collection of books on Alaska and the Yukon. - Arctic
• Those planning to journey over the historic pass would do well to "bone up" by reading Chilkoot Pass. - Seattle Times

Table of Contents 

Acknowledgments
Chilkoot Trail Map

Part I:  The Glory Days
Chapter 1    Beginnings
Chapter 2    Schwatka's Journey
Chapter 3    Discoveries
Chapter 4    Chilkoot Then
Chapter 5    The Big Strike
Chapter 6    Seattle Feeds on the Rush
Chapter 7    Alternate Routes
Chapter 8    Soapy
Chapter 9    The Tramways
Chapter 10  The Reindeer Fiasco
Chapter 11  Chilkoot Winter
Chapter 12  Iron Man Steele
Chapter 13  Avalanche
Chapter 14  The Army Arrives
Chapter 15  The Boats at Bennett
Chapter 16  Railroad Builders
Chapter 17  Skagway Afterwards

Part II:  The Chilkoot Today
Chapter 18  The Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Chapter 19  Planning Your Trip
Chapter 20  The Trail

Information Sources
Bibliography
Index