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Klondike : The Last Great Gold Rush
Klondike The Last Great Gold Rush
Author: Pierre Berton
With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; Swiftwater Bill Gates, who bathed in champagne; Silen...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780771012846
ISBN-10: 0771012845
Publication Date: 9/6/1986
Pages: 496
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Publisher: McClelland Stewart
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Written in 1958, this is the Canadian-eye view of the Rush. Lots of maps, but no photographs, except for the front cover. Entertaining anecdotal writing (I read the Chilkoot Pass part only).


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