The Klondike Fever, (Paperback)

from ksmyth

Pierre Berton was a magnificent writer. His narrative style was comparable to Bruce Catton, or David McCullough. It's a pity he is gone. Berton grew up in the Yukon, and this is his portrait of the gold rush of '98. He paints a magnificent picture of the trip in from Skagway and Dyea, the hazards...

from mahallett

quite interesting but i couldn't remember much of it. so many characters, so many wild stories

from ladycato

I bought this book so I could read up on Alaskan history before our cruise this summer, and I was worried I made a poor choice. Klondike Fever is a brick of a book at about 450 pages. If it was in hardcover, I could use it as a weapon. It was also written back in the 1950s. I started reading, alr...

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This was an amazing voyage of discovery all around, and into, the nature of the Klondike Gold Rush that occurred in Canada. There are characters, yarns, and intrigues all along the way and this is focused in concentrated and well-written writing that truly stems to the heart of what the Klondike ...

from ralphz

This is an eye-opening account of an important piece of history. The Klondike gold rush experience of the "sourdoughs" and "cheekachos" - veteran Klondikers and the gold rush naifs, all of whom sacrificed everything to get rich quick. Of course, most left dirt poor - and even most of those who st...