Gold diggers : striking it rich in the Klondike

Gray, Charlotte 1948- (author.).

Summary: No event in our history is more legendary than the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896. On August 16, when rich gold deposits were discovered in Bonanza Creek, 100,000 prospectors set off for 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. Charlotte Gray, one of our best writers of non-fiction, tells the story of the Gold Rush through the intimate lives of six extraordinary people: the saintly priest Father Judge; the feisty entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney; the struggling writer Jack London; the imperious British journalist Flora Shaw; the legendary Sam Steele of the Mounties; and the prospector William Haskell. Brilliantly interweaving their stories, Gray creates a fascinating panorama of a frontier town where desperados, saloon keepers, gamblers, dance hall girls, churchmen and law-makers were thrown together in a volatile time.

Record details

ISBN: 9781443405119 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1443405116 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource
Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A Phyllis Bruce book".
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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, boys!" 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-April 1898 -- Money talks -- Gumboot diplomacy, April-June 1898 -- Jack's escape from the Yukon, June 1898 -- Rags and riches, summer 1898 -- Flora shaw, "from Paris to Siberia," July 1898 -- Queer, rough men, August 1898 -- Corruption and superintendent Steele, September-October 1898 -- Order and exodus -- Strong men wept, winter 1898-99 -- A cleansing fire, April 1898 -- Stampede to nome: summer 1899 -- Mythmakers.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive viewed, October 3, 2013).