Starving on a bed of gold; or, The world's longest fast

Preface

All of tliis l)ook, except Chapter VT, was written while T wa? imprisoned in bleak Alaska. Time hung heavily on my hands and dnring the long snnless days of winter it was a great relief to me to have something to occupy my time. It was generally known among the miners that I was writing the story of my experience and I had hundreds of applications for the little volume, even before I left the country. On my arrival in California, some of the largest dailies on the Pacitic Coast }nade full page Sunday stories of the matter, and incidentally mentioned that I had written a book on the subject.

Several ministers have used the facts to illustrate their sermons. All this publicity has caused many applications to be made to me for the book when published. This constant demand is my excuse for giving it to the i)ul)lic.

JAMES A. HALL.

Watsonville, (Ailifornia, Feb. 22nd, 1909.

Dedication

I would be ungrateful if I did not dedicate this little volume to Judge Charles Udell, formerly of Los Angeles, California, the man who more than all others, rendered me aid and assistance, after I was rescued, though I had never met him until I went to Alaska.

May God, in his mercy and justice, bless and prosper him.

THE AUTHOR.