Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899
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Authors: Pierre Berton
Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899
Pierre Berton
Anchor Canada (2011)
Tags: General, History, Social Science, Canada, Gay Studies
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Review
"A fascinating book of permanent value." —
The Globe and Mail
"A comprehensive and absolutely first-rate history." —
The New Yorker
"An epic account ... fascinating and exciting." —
The Observer
, London
"Pierre Berton writes 24-carat gold." —
The Edmonton Journal
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Product Description
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; Silent Sam Bonnifield, who lost and won back a hotel in a poker game; and Roddy Connors, who danced away a fortune at a dollar a dance. We meet dance-hall queens, paupers turned millionaires, missionaries and entrepreneurs, and legendary Mounties such as Sam Steele, the Lion of the Yukon.
Pierre Berton's riveting account reveals to us the spectacle of the Chilkoot Pass, and the terrors of lesser-known trails through the swamps of British Columbia, across the glaciers of souther Alaska, and up the icy streams of the Mackenzie Mountains. It contrasts the lawless frontier life on the American side of the border to the relative safety of Dawson City. Winner of the Governor General's award for non-fiction,
Klondike
is authentic history and grand entertainment, and a must-read for anyone interested in the Canadian frontier.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
| Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899 | |
| Pierre Berton | |
| Anchor Canada (2011) | |
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Tags: | General, History, Social Science, Canada, Gay Studies Generalttt Historyttt Social Sciencettt Canadattt Gay Studiesttt |
Review
"A fascinating book of permanent value." —
The Globe and Mail
"A comprehensive and absolutely first-rate history." —
The New Yorker
"An epic account … fascinating and exciting." —
The Observer
, London
"Pierre Berton writes 24-carat gold." —
The Edmonton Journal
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Product Description
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; Silent Sam Bonnifield, who lost and won back a hotel in a poker game; and Roddy Connors, who danced away a fortune at a dollar a dance. We meet dance-hall queens, paupers turned millionaires, missionaries and entrepreneurs, and legendary Mounties such as Sam Steele, the Lion of the Yukon.
Pierre Berton's riveting account reveals to us the spectacle of the Chilkoot Pass, and the terrors of lesser-known trails through the swamps of British Columbia, across the glaciers of souther Alaska, and up the icy streams of the Mackenzie Mountains. It contrasts the lawless frontier life on the American side of the border to the relative safety of Dawson City. Winner of the Governor General's award for non-fiction,
Klondike
is authentic history and grand entertainment, and a must-read for anyone interested in the Canadian frontier.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Copyright © 1972 by Pierre Berton Enterprises Ltd.
Anchor Canada paperback edition 2001
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National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
Berton, Pierre, 1920-
Klondike : the last great gold rush, 1896–1899
eISBN: 978-0-385-67364-8
I. Klondike River Valley (Yukon) – Gold discoveries. I. Title.
FC4022.3.B468 2001 971.9’1 C2001-930604-0
F1095.K5’7 2001
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v3.1
“All my life,” he said, “I have searched for the treasure. I have sought it in the high places, and in the narrow. I have sought it in deep jungles, and at the ends of rivers, and in dark caverns – and yet have not found it.
“Instead, at the end of every trail, I have found you awaiting me. And now you have become familiar to me, though I cannot say I know you well. Who are you?”
And the stranger answered:
“Thyself.”
–
From an old tale
Books by Pierre Berton
The Royal Family
The Mysterious North
Klondike
Just Add Water and Stir
Adventures of a Columnist
Fast Fast Fast Relief
The Big Sell
The Comfortable Pew
The Cool, Crazy, Committed World of the Sixties
The Smug Minority
The National Dream
The Last Spike
Drifting Home
Hollywood’s Canada
My Country
The Dionne Years
The Wild Frontier
The Invasion of Canada
Flames Across the Border
Why We Act Like Canadians
The Promised Land
Vimy
Starting Out
The Arctic Grail
The Great Depression
Niagara: A History of the Falls
My Times: Living with History
1967, The Last Good Year
Picture Books
The New City (with Henri Rossier)
Remember Yesterday
The Great Railway
The Klondike Quest
Pierre Berton’s Picture Book of Niagara Falls
Winter
The Great Lakes
Seacoasts
Pierre Berton’s Canada
Anthologies
Great Canadians
Pierre and Janet Berton’s Canadian Food Guide
Historic Headlines
Farewell to the Twentieth Century
Worth Repeating
Welcome to the Twenty-first Century
Fiction
Masquerade (pseudonym Lisa Kroniuk)
Books for Young Readers
The Golden Trail
The Secret World of Og
Adventures in Canadian History (22 volumes)
Contents
Preface to the Revised Edition
4. The land of the Golden Rule
1. The prospector and the squaw man
2. The exculpation of Lying George
1. Clarence Berry strikes it rich
5. Big Alex and Swiftwater Bill