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

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 ...

from msf59

1897 Klondike Gold Rush told in three separate narratives. One follows a diligent Pinkerton man, another a con-man and thief and then there is George Carmack, a hard-working miner that first discovers the bonanza on the Klondike river. This is solid narrative nonfiction. I also loved the rough an...

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...