Gold Diggers de Gray, Charlotte

Phyllis Bruce Books, 2011. Paperback. As New. Disclaimer:Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Phyllis Bruce Books, 2011. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. As New. 23-17-4. Signed - In Excellent Condition. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Between 1896 And 1899, Thousands Of People Lured By Gold Braved A Grueling Journey Into The Remote Wilderness Of North America. Within Two Years, Dawson City, In The Canadian Yukon, Grew From A Mining Camp Of Four Hundred To A Raucous Town Of Over Thirty Thousand People. The Stampede To The Klondike Was The Last Great Gold Rush In History. Scurvy, Dysentery, Frostbite, And Starvation Stalked All Who Dared To Be In Dawson. And Yet The Possibilities Attracted People From All Walks Of Life—Not Only Prospectors But Also Newspapermen, Bankers, Prostitutes, Priests, And Lawmen. Gold Diggers Follows Six Stampeders—Bill Haskell, A Farm Boy Who Hungered For Striking Gold; Father Judge, A Jesuit Priest Who Aimed To Save Souls And Lives; Belinda Mulrooney, A Twenty-Four-Year-Old Who Became The Richest Businesswoman In Town; Flora Shaw, A… Leer más

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Canada: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 2011. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Clean and firmly bound with no writing inside, very slight handling crease down the spine.

Phyllis Bruce Books. Softcover No event in our history is more legendary than the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896. On August 16, when rich gold deposits were discovered in Bonanza Creek, 100,000 prospectors set off for the newly created Dawson City in search of instant wealth. Hungry miners hoped for the one big strike; others, for prosperity in this instant boom town; some, for the adventure of a lifetime. Charlotte Gray, one of our best writers of non-fiction, tells the story of the Gold Rush through the intimate lives of six extraordinary people: the saintly priest Father Judge; the feisty entrepreneur Belinda Mulrooney; the struggling writer Jack London; the imperious British journalist Flora Shaw; the legendary Sam Steele of the Mounties; and the prospector William Haskell. Brilliantly interweaving their stories, Gray creates a fascinating panorama of a frontier town where desperados, saloon keepers, gamblers, dance hall girls, churchmen and law-makers were thrown together in a volatile time. Beautifully… Leer más

Counterpoint LLC, 2011. 3rd Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No event in our history is more legendary than the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896.Beautifully illustrated with period photographs and documents of the Gold Rush, Gold Diggers is a colorful and entertaining journey into a world gone mad for gold. An attractive, clean, unmarked copy!