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Gold diggers striking it rich in the Klondike

Gray, Charlotte 1948- (Author).

Summary: Chronicles the Klondike gold rush by following the adventures of six individuals whose lives were impacted by "Klondike fever," including a miner, a business woman, a British journalist, a member of the Canadian Mounties, and writer Jack London.

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  • ISBN: 1582438528 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9781582438528 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 413 p.) : ill., maps.
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  • Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-398) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Color and chaos. Arctic secrets, June 1896 ; Bill Haskell's dreams of gold, 1890-1896 ; Mob justice and wild dogs, June-November, 1896 ; "Five dollars to the pan!", October 1896-April 1897 ; Sourdough success, April-June 1897 -- Mining the miners. Father Judge's flock, May-June 1897 ; Belinda Mulrooney stakes her claim, June 1897 ; Jack London catches Klondicitis, July-October 1897 ; Starvation rations, October-December 1897 ; The Pioneers' Show, January-March 1898 -- Money talks. Gumboot diplomacy, April-August 1898 ; Jack's escape from the Yukon, June 1898 ; Rags and riches, May-June 1898 ; Flora Shaw, "from Paris to Siberia," July 1898 ; "Queer, rough men," August 1898 ; Scandal and Steele, September-October 1898 -- Order and exodus. "Strong men wept," October 1898-January 1899 ; A cleansing fire, February-April 1899 ; Stampede to Nome, summer 1899 ; Mythmakers -- Afterlives : what happened to the six gold diggers? -- The spell of the Yukon.
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