Capturing the full grandeur and sweep of the last great gold rush, Berton reveals tales of unbelievable hardship, heroism, and villainy, with an extraordinary cast of characters. "A comprehensive and absolutely first-rate history . . . highly recommended". says The New Yorker. Maps throughout and fully indexed.
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Capturing the full grandeur and sweep of the last great gold rush, Berton reveals tales of unbelievable hardship, heroism, and villainy, with an extraordinary cast of characters. "A comprehensive and absolutely first-rate history . . . highly recommended". says The New Yorker. Maps throughout and fully indexed.
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Fair. Shows wear such as frayed or folded edges, rips and tears, and/or worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages.
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Near fine in Slipcase near fine jacket. Size: 9x6x1; NOT an ex library book. Book with dark green binding, illustrated endpapers. 472 pages including the index. Matching dark green slipcase has no splits.
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Near Fine. pp. 472 with index first edition published 1958 clean tight unread copy shows a small indent the width of close to the top spine slip case a few spots of soiling on the top of one side, same side has an indent Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Henry Mindak (Maps) Very good. xxiii, [1], 472 pages. In slipcase. Illustrated endpapers. Cast of Major Characters. Maps. Chronology. A Note on the Revised Edition. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton CC OOnt (July 12, 1920-November 30, 2004) was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a television personality and journalist. He won many honors and awards for his books. An accomplished storyteller, Berton was one of Canada's most prolific and popular authors. He wrote on popular culture, Canadian history, critiques of mainstream religion, anthologies, children's books and historical works for youth. He was also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-profit literary organization that seeks to encourage Canada's writing community. Berton's 50 books became popular in part due to his light and fast-paced writing style. 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; 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, 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 trails through British Columbia, across the glaciers of Alaska, and the Mackenzie Mountains. It contrasts the lawless 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 a grand read.
