No event in our history is more legendary than the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896. With the discovery of rich gold deposits in Bonanza Creek, 100,000 prospectors headed for the Yukon within a few months. People from all walks of life -- Canadians, Americans, British, even Australians -- landed in the newly created Dawson City in search of instant wealth. Hungry miners hoped for the one big strike; others, for prosperity in this instant boom town; some, for the adventure of a lifetime. This is the story of the Gold Rush told through the lives of six very different people, their experiences interwoven to present a panorama of a subarctic town and peoples thrown together at one moment in history.
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ISBN:9781582436111 (hc.)
ISBN:0006385230 (tpk)
ISBN:9780006385233 (tpk )
Physical Description:print xiii, 413 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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