Book
Gold diggers : striking it rich in the Klondike
Publication Information
Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.
Physical Description
xiii, 413 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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.
Subjects
- Gold mines and mining > Yukon > Klondike River Valley > History > 19th century.
- Frontier and pioneer life > Yukon > Klondike River Valley.
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon) > History > 19th century.
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon) > Gold discoveries.
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon) > Biography.
- Dawson (Yukon) > History > 19th century.