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""""What book takes place in Alaska by the yukon with a main character named jack that faces off with mystical creatures like the wendigo. He travels from San Franciso to go gold mining. There seems to be a wolf that is somewhat a spirit animial." He also meets a tree goddess and her father whom helps jack escape the womans grasp ". The cover art is a man with short brown hair a red sweater holding a rifle " He wants to get gold to get money for his family It took place in alaska where he wanted to get gold, he had to build a boat to pass the yukon and set up in a old mining camp and made friends along the way who ended up dying"