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Arthur R. (Arthur Ripley) Thompson

b. 1872

Adventure, survival, and faraway landscapes run through these early 20th-century stories. Best known for tales set during the Klondike era and in Arctic waters, this American writer turned real events and frontier settings into brisk, youthful reading.

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Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail Being the Adventures of Two New England Boys in Alaska and the Northwest Territory

Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail Being the Adventures of Two New England Boys in Alaska and the Northwest Territory

by Arthur R. (Arthur Ripley) Thompson

About the author

Arthur Ripley Thompson was an American author born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1872. Available records identify him as a Yale graduate, and his surviving bibliography points to a writer drawn to travel, hardship, and the pull of the North.

His best-known books include Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail (1900) and Shipwrecked in Greenland (1905). Those works suggest a talent for shaping contemporary events and rugged landscapes into accessible adventure stories, especially for younger readers.

Reliable online sources confirm his life dates as 1872 to 1960, but detailed biographical information is limited in the materials I could verify. No suitable confirmed portrait image was available from the sources I checked, so none is included here.