HERO TALES OF THE FAR NORTH

By

JACOB A. RIIS

AUTHOR OF "HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES"
"THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN"
"THE OLD TOWN," ETC.

New York, 1921






[Illustration: FREDERIKSBORG]




THIS BOOK OF MY DEAD HEROES
I DEDICATE TO MY LIVING HERO

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

MAY IT BE MANY YEARS BEFORE THE LAST CHAPTER
OF HIS SPLENDID WHOLESOME LIFE IS
WRITTEN IN THE PAGES OF OUR