New York: Crown, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - In the last decade of the 19th century, the Wild West has been tamed - and then gold is discovered in Alaska and the adjacent Canadian Klondike and a new frontier suddenly looms. "'Klondicitis,' a mix of greed and lust for adventure, ignites a stampede. Fleeing the depths of a worldwide economic depression and driven by visions of vast wealth, tens of thousands rush northward. Among them are Charlie Siringo, a sharp-shooting cowboy who, after futilely trying to settle down with his new bride, becomes one of the Pinkerton Detective Agencys shrewdest; George Carmack, a California-born American Marine whos adopted by an Indian tribe, raises a family with a Taglish squaw, makes the discovery that starts off the Yukon Gold Rush and becomes fabulously rich; and Soapy Smith, a sly and inventive predator-conman who rules a vast criminal empire.. . A fortune in gold bars has been stolen from the fortress-like Treadwell Mine in Juneau, Alaska, with no clues as to how the thieves made off with such an immensely heavy cargo. Charged with getting the job done is Charlie Siringo who discovers that, to run the thieves to ground, he must embark on a rugged cross-territory odyssey that will lead him across frigid waters and through a frozen wilderness where he must face down Soapy Smith and his gang of 300 cutthroats. At once a compelling true-life mystery and an unforgettable portrait of a time in Americas history when thousands were fired with a vision of riches so unimaginable as to be worth any price." Illustrated with vintage photographs. Note on sources. x, 420 pp. ISBN: 978-0307461728.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1969). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Marshal Bond, Jr. - who accompanied his father on several of his journeys - tells the story of his father's adventurous life, using his firsthand knowledge as well as his father's diaries and letters. Bond (1867-1941) drove cattle in Texas, went to the Klondike to search for gold, where he became friends with Jack London (the dog in Call of the Wild is based on Bond's dog) and from there to the deserts of the Southwest and to Mexico City. He boated the Colorado River, lived in a shack in Goldfield Nevada, where he reported on the gold rush there, found himself in the middle of Pancho Villa's fighting in Mexico in 1918, traveled the length of Africa and finally in the 1930s to the gold rush in the Mohave in California. INSCRIBED on the half title page. Illustrated with photographs. Index. x, 258 pp.