The Floor of Heaven : A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush (Hardcover)

from ElizaJane

Reason for Reading: I've never consciously thought about this before but I do seem to have a penchant for reading about the Klondike/Yukon gold rush. I'm even reading aloud a fiction book to my son on the topic at this moment! This was a must read for me. This is a true story told in narrative fo...

from Richard.Sutton

Skagway! The Dead Horse Trail! Chilicoot Pass! The Klondike! For a boy growing up in the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, what words could ever be as evocative of adventure and primal struggle? Stories of the Klondike gold rush filled my ears when I was a youngster and stuck me with a life-lon...

from debnance

You'd think you were reading fiction. This story is that good. And the truth is that Floor of Heaven is a little bit fiction. Even Blum, in his final Note on Sources, acknowledges this. Just a bit fiction, though. This book contains just enough fictional elements to shape the three intermingling ...

from marshapetry

I loved this book. It starts slow, and at times throughout the book it drags, so -1 star, but many of the stories were riveting. I wouldn't take this book as gospel truth but it was a great read. I listen to books often on long trips and this book "took me away" for hours; time flew by listening ...

from NovelChatter

For me to be drawn to a non-fiction book it has to be something unique! I prefer to drift off into a made-up world that someone else creates. OK, it's escapism. But every now and then a true story comes along that triggers the escape mechanism in my mind and I HAVE TO read the book. The Floor of ...