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Gold diggers : striking it rich in the Klondike  Cover Image Book Book

Gold diggers : striking it rich in the Klondike / Charlotte Gray.

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  • ISBN: 9780002008570 (hc) :
  • Physical Description: 413 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, 2010.

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General Note:
"A Phyllis Bruce book."
Subject: Frontier and pioneer life > Yukon > Klondike River Valley.
Klondike River Valley (Yukon) > Biography.
Klondike River Valley (Yukon) > Gold discoveries.

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  • HARPERCOLL

    No event in our history is more legendary than the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896. On August 16, when rich gold deposits were discovered in Bonanza Creek, 100,000 prospectors set off for the newly created Dawson City in search of instant wealth. Hungry miners hoped for the one big strike; others, for prosperity in this instant boom town; some, for the adventure of a lifetime. Charlotte Gray, one of our best writers of non-fiction, tells the story of the Gold Rush through the intimate lives of six extraordinary people: the saintly priest Father Judge; the feisty entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney; the struggling writer Jack London; the imperious British journalist Flora Shaw; the legendary Sam Steele of the Mounties; and the prospector William Haskell. Brilliantly interweaving their stories, Gray creates a fascinating panorama of a frontier town where desperados, saloon keepers, gamblers, dance hall girls, churchmen and law-makers were thrown together in a volatile time.

    Beautifully illustrated with period photographs and documents of the Gold Rush,Gold Diggers is a colourful and entertaining journey into a world gone mad for gold.


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