Author: Arthur Arnold Dietz
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ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"A thrilling adventure of a party of eighteen gold seekers who left New York city in the winter of 1897, headed by Arthur A. Dietz."--Preg.
Mad Rush for Gold in Frozen North
Author: Arthur Arnold Dietz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"A thrilling adventure of a party of eighteen gold seekers who left New York city in the winter of 1897, headed by Arthur A. Dietz."--Preg.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"A thrilling adventure of a party of eighteen gold seekers who left New York city in the winter of 1897, headed by Arthur A. Dietz."--Preg.
MAD RUSH FOR GOLD IN FROZEN NORTH
Author: ARTHUR ARNOLD. DIETZ
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ISBN: 9781033563939
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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ISBN: 9781033563939
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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MAD RUSH FOR GOLD IN FROZEN NO
Author: Arthur Arnold Dietz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781363943869
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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ISBN: 9781363943869
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Stampede
Author: Brian Castner
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 0385544510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A gripping and wholly original account of the epic human tragedy that was the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. One hundred thousand men and women rushed heedlessly north to make their fortunes; very few did, but many thousands of them died in the attempt. In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. Upon this stage, author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich.
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 0385544510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A gripping and wholly original account of the epic human tragedy that was the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. One hundred thousand men and women rushed heedlessly north to make their fortunes; very few did, but many thousands of them died in the attempt. In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities at the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet--in winter yet--woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder. Upon this stage, author Brian Castner tells a relentlessly driving story of the gold rush through the individual experiences of the iconic characters who endured it. A young Jack London, who would make his fortune but not in gold. Colonel Samuel Steele, who tried to save the stampeders from themselves. The notorious gangster Soapy Smith, goodtime girls and desperate miners, Skookum Jim, and the hotel entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney. The unvarnished tale of this mass migration is always striking, revealing the amazing truth of what people will do for a chance to be rich.
The Human Face of the Alaska Gold Rush
Author: Steve Levi
Publisher: Publication Consultants
ISBN: 1637470088
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
It is the land of the Alaska Gold Rush, where nuggets were said to be the size of goose eggs, where men froze to death in search of the elusive yellow metal, and dancehall girls lured overnight millionaire sourdoughs into marriage. Honky-tonk pianos punctuated the howl of the north wind in towns that were half-tent and half-ramshackle collections of driftwood, whalebone, and packing cases. It was a time of whiskey and gold and long, lonely trails behind a dogsled. It was, in a word, ALASKA. In cities, rugged men and women walked on planks set across streets so deep with spring mud horses could be swallowed. On the tundra, life was a living hell with mosquitoes, gnats, white socks, and biting flies descending in clouds on warm-blooded creatures. On the flip side of the season, temperature could drop to 50 or 60 degrees below zero, cold enough to freeze a can of oil so solid it could be cut in half with a saw. With wind blasting at 100 miles an hour, the chill factor could go down to 100 degrees below zero, cold enough to freeze a person to death in a matter of minutes if he could not find proper shelter. In whiteout conditions, visibility could diminish to a foot in a matter of minutes. It was, in a word, ALASKA.
Publisher: Publication Consultants
ISBN: 1637470088
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
It is the land of the Alaska Gold Rush, where nuggets were said to be the size of goose eggs, where men froze to death in search of the elusive yellow metal, and dancehall girls lured overnight millionaire sourdoughs into marriage. Honky-tonk pianos punctuated the howl of the north wind in towns that were half-tent and half-ramshackle collections of driftwood, whalebone, and packing cases. It was a time of whiskey and gold and long, lonely trails behind a dogsled. It was, in a word, ALASKA. In cities, rugged men and women walked on planks set across streets so deep with spring mud horses could be swallowed. On the tundra, life was a living hell with mosquitoes, gnats, white socks, and biting flies descending in clouds on warm-blooded creatures. On the flip side of the season, temperature could drop to 50 or 60 degrees below zero, cold enough to freeze a can of oil so solid it could be cut in half with a saw. With wind blasting at 100 miles an hour, the chill factor could go down to 100 degrees below zero, cold enough to freeze a person to death in a matter of minutes if he could not find proper shelter. In whiteout conditions, visibility could diminish to a foot in a matter of minutes. It was, in a word, ALASKA.
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Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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The Stockton Free Public Library Bulletin
Author: Stockton (Calif.). Free Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Michigan Library Bulletin
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Quarterly Bulletin of the Free Public Library, New Bedford, Mass
Author: Free Public Library (New Bedford, Mass.)
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Catalogue of Copyright Entries
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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