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Author:

Gray, Charlotte, 1948-

Title:

Gold diggers : striking it rich in the Klondike / Charlotte Gray.

Publisher:

Distributed by Publishers Group West,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiii, 413 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--History--19th century.
Gold mines and mining--Klondike River Valley--Klondike River Valley--History--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--Klondike River Valley.--Klondike River Valley.
Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries.
Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Biography.
Dawson (Yukon)--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-398) and index.

Contents:

Color and chaos. Arctic secrets, June 1896 -- Bill Haskell's dreams of gold, 1890-1896 -- Mob justice and wild dogs, June-November, 1896 -- "Five dollars to the pan!" October 1896-April 1897 -- Sourdough success, April-June 1897 -- Mining the miners. Father Judge's flock, May-June 1897 -- Belinda Mulrooney stakes her claim, June 1897 -- Jack London catches Klondicitis, July-October 1897 -- Starvation rations, October-December 1897 -- The pioneers' show, January-March 1898 -- Money talks. Gumboot diplomacy, April-August 1898 -- Jack's escape from the Yukon, June 1898 -- Rags and riches, May-June 1898 -- Flora Shaw, "from Paris to Siberia," July 1898 -- "Queer, rough men," August 1898 -- Scandal and Steele, September-October 1898 -- Order and exodus. "Strong men wept," October 1898-January 1899 -- A cleansing fire, February-April 1899 -- Stampede to Nome: summer 1899 -- Mythmakers.

ISBN:

1582436118
9781582436111

OCLC:

(OCoLC)515407905

LCCN:

2010017805

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)