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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;…
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Pierre Berton, a great popular history writer with a big research team, captures the full scope of the Klondike Gold Rush, from its exciting beginning to its bedraggled ending.
A kind of swashbuckling character himself, he grew up in Dawson City then made his way as a talented writer and broadcaster to fame and fortune across Canada. He astutely describes the wide range of characters who rushed to the Klondike from various countries making history in dramatic and sometimes comic ways.
This informative history book is a delight to read.
From Dorris' list on the adventurers of The Klondike Gold Rush.
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