Klondike
The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899
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, who bathed in champagne; 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, paupers turned millionaires, missionaries and entrepreneurs, and legendary Mounties such as Sam Steele, the Lion of the Yukon.Pierre Berton's riv…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-385-67364-8
- EAN: 9780385673648
- Produktnummer: 19962293
- Verlag: Doubleday Canada
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 496 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'979 KB
Über den Autor
Pierre Berton, Canada's most widely read historian, was born in the Yukon and educated at UBC. Author of forty-seven books, he has received three Governor General's awards for nonfiction, two Nellies for broadcasting, two National Newspaper awards, the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, and the National History Society's first award for distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history. He holds eleven honorary degrees, is a member of the Newsman's Hall of Fame, and is a Companion of the Order of Canada.
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