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Stampede : gold fever and disaster in the Klondike / Brian Castner.
"A gripping and wholly original account of the epic human tragedy that was the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-1898"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780771018695 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 269 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2021.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Gold mines and mining > Yukon > History > 19th century. Gold mines and mining > Alaska > History > 19th century. Klondike River Valley (Yukon) > Gold discoveries. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 971.9101 Cas | 31681010231041 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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A gripping and wholly original account of the epic human tragedy that was the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. One hundred thousand men and women rushed heedlessly north to make their fortunes; very few did, but many thousands of them (and their pack animals) died in the attempt.
The electrifying announcement in 1897 that gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities in the Klondike River region in remote Alaska was demonically well-timed to attract an exodus of economically desperate Americans. Within weeks, tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter, yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly. Brian Castner tells the unvarnished yet always striking and often amazing truth of this greed-fuelled migration.
