The Great Gold Rush
Title | The Great Gold Rush PDF eBook |
Author | William Henry Pope Jarvis |
Publisher | London : J. Murray |
Total Pages | 356 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Canadian fiction |
ISBN |
Klondike
Title | Klondike PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre Berton |
Publisher | Anchor Canada |
Total Pages | 498 |
Release | 2011-02-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0385673647 |
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 riveting account reveals to us the spectacle of the Chilkoot Pass, and the terrors of lesser-known trails through the swamps of British Columbia, across the glaciers of souther Alaska, and up the icy streams of the Mackenzie Mountains. It contrasts the lawless frontier life on the American side of the border to the relative safety of Dawson City. Winner of the Governor General's award for non-fiction, Klondike is authentic history and grand entertainment, and a must-read for anyone interested in the Canadian frontier.
Call of the Klondike
Title | Call of the Klondike PDF eBook |
Author | David Meissner |
Publisher | Boyds Mills Press |
Total Pages | 169 |
Release | 2016-11-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1629797847 |
Winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction The remarkable tale of two young men during the Klondike Gold Rush, told through first-hand diaries, letters, and more—“excellent reading” for middle grade fans of The Call of the Wild and adventure stories (School Library Journal) As thousands head north in search of gold, Marshall Bond and Stanley Pearce join them, booking passage on a steamship bound for the Klondike goldfields. The journey is life threatening, but the two friends make it to Dawson City, in Canada, build a cabin, and meet Jack London—all the while searching for the ultimate reward: gold! A riveting, true, action-packed adventure, with their telegrams, diaries, and letters, as well as newspaper articles and photographs. An author’s note, timeline, bibliography, and further resources encourage readers to dig deeper into the Gold Rush era.
Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush
Title | Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Lourie |
Publisher | Henry Holt Books For Young Readers |
Total Pages | 209 |
Release | 2017-03-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0805097570 |
-A middle grade biography of Jack London that sheds light on how he drew upon adventure and life experience to create works of literature---
The Klondike Fever
Title | The Klondike Fever PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre Berton |
Publisher | Martino Fine Books |
Total Pages | 492 |
Release | 2010-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781578989645 |
2010 Reprint of 1958 edition. This thrilling story of the Klondike Gold Rush is at once first-rate history and first-rate entertainment. Some of the anecdotes of the last great gold rush have been told by others, but Pierre Berton is the first to distill the Klondike experience into a single, complete, coherent and immensely dramatic narrative. He spent 12 years in Dawson City researching the work. The entire tale has an epic ring, as much because of its splendid folly as because of its color and motion. The full story has never been told before, nor has it been told in this dramatic way.
The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike
Title | The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike PDF eBook |
Author | William Henry Pope Jarvis |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Gold Rush Fever
Title | Gold Rush Fever PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Greenwood |
Publisher | Kids Can Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001-09-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781550748505 |
The year is 1898. Over the last decade, North America has been ground down by a depression. Wages are low, jobs are scarce and people are getting desperate. Although Aunt Rachel isn't happy about 13-year-old Tim and his older brother, Roy, heading off to the Klondike Gold Rush, the possibility of striking it rich is hard to resist. Tim and Roy begin their trek to the Yukon filled with excitement. Little do they suspect the harsh realities they'll have to face: blinding snowstorms, raging rapids, backbreaking work and bitter disappointment. In this unique book, each chapter is followed with factual information, illustrations and photographs of the people and places of the time. In addition, easy-to-do activities help bring the historical period to life.