Bibliograph

Stampede, gold fever and disaster in the Klondike, Brian Castner

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Stampede, gold fever and disaster in the Klondike, Brian Castner

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stampede

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1227790052

Responsibility statement

Brian Castner

Sub title

gold fever and disaster in the Klondike

Summary

"A gripping and wholly original account of the epic human tragedy that was the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-1898"--, Provided by publisherIn 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. When newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. 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. Castner tells of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. -- adapted from jacket

Target audience

adult

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Gold fever and disaster in the KlondikeStampede

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