author
W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis
1876–1944
A Canadian journalist-novelist who turned life in the Yukon, Alaska, and Cobalt mining camps into lively fiction, he is best remembered for adventure-filled stories shaped by firsthand experience. His books mix frontier hardship, humor, and sharp observation of Canadian life in the early 1900s.
2 Audiobooks
As Others See Us: Being the Diary of a Canadian Debutante
by W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis
The Great Gold Rush: A Tale of the Klondike
by W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis
About the author
Born in 1876 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, William Henry Pope Jarvis worked as a journalist in western and central Canada. He also spent time prospecting and mining in the Yukon and Alaska, experiences that later fed directly into his writing.
Jarvis wrote fiction and sketches rooted in the resource booms of his day. He is especially associated with The Letters of a Remittance Man to His Mother and The Great Gold Rush: A Tale of the Klondike, along with Trails and Tales in Cobalt. His work is often valued for the way it captures the atmosphere, ambition, and rough edges of northern and mining life.
He died in 1944 in Ontario. Today, his books remain of interest to readers who enjoy Canadian historical writing, Klondike-era adventure, and stories drawn from lived experience on the frontier.