The Klondike Fever: The Life & Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
by Berton, Pierre

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The author spent the first 12 years of his life in Dawson City. He knew the city and its people well - he tells of the astonishing stories - the incredible hardships and risks men had to endure to reach Dawson.The 3,000 who tried to claw their way over the glaciers from the Pacific -- of the most desperate route down the Mackenzie River almost to the Arctic - of the 30,000 souls who made their way down the Chilkoot route. In Dawson, food was scarce - there was lawlessness and starvation on the river. The author follows many of the heroes of the Klondike to their deaths years later in other places and in very different circumstances.

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Quantity:	1 item(s) available
Weight:	0.80 kg
Price:	CDN$ 45.00 (US$ 40.37)

Stock Number:	11970AN
Author:	Berton, Pierre
Publisher:	Alfred A Knopf New York
Publication Date:	1958
Size/Dimensions:	8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ inches tall
Binding:	Cloth
Condition:	Near Fine/Very Good. 477 pp. Dustjacket has shelfwear, chipping to bottom of spine, soiling to back cover. Book spine ends and corners bumped, otherwise clean and tight. No markings or annotations. Endpapers illustrated with B&W photographs. Bibliography. Index. Maps.
First Edition:	First Edition