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The Klondike fever : the life and death of the last great gold rush

Author: Pierre Berton
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1958.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Pierre Berton
OCLC Number: 26801444
Notes: Rev. ed. published in 1972 under title: Klondike; the last great gold rush.
Description: vii, 457, xix p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Contents: Prelude --
Of a fateful encounter --
How Dawson was born, Circle City died --
Of treasure ships laden with gold --
Being the tale of the Dead Horse trail --
Chapter of paradoxes --
Chapter of deceptions --
Unbroken line of men --
Thirty thousand souls --
How Dawson City, flooded by water, then by men --
Being a faithful account of the rise, reign and violent death of Jefferson Randolph "Soapy " Smith --
Nourished by gold --
Fault is not in the wealth --
Note on sources --
Bibliography --
Index.
Responsibility: by Pierre Berton.

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