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Gold Rush Women Book Cover Gold Rush Women
Claire Rudolf Murphy and Jane G. Haigh
Paperback
Seven to ten percent of the Klondike Gold Rush were women. Yet, their stories have remained virtually buried in family trunks, old newspapers, and museum archives. Gold Rush Women is a photo-rich compilation of the stories of twenty-five women. These women were of all ages, physiques, talents, and upbringings. Their one universal quality was the seeking of adventure, the desire to escape the economic doldrums of the United States in an age that constrained women and kept them financially dependent. They yearned for broader lives and independent financial security. Kate Carmack is reputed to have made the first gold discovery on the Klondike River; Ethel Berry mined gold along side her husband Clarence and became on of the first Northern gold rush millionaires. Whether miners, madams or merchants, each has made her unique contributions.

Klondike Fever The Klondike Fever
Pierre Berton
Paperback
Pierre Berton's Klondike is the only work that captures the full grandeur and sweep of the last great gold rush. Tales of unbelievable hardship, heroism, and villainy abound. Here, for instance, is that full story of Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway. Here is the great spectacle of the Chilkoot Pass. Here are uncanny tales of lesser know routes: trails that led through the heaving swamps of British Columbia, across the terrible glaciers of southern Alaska, and up the icy streams of the Mackenzie Mountains.
(This is my all time favorite book on the Klondike Gold Rush - I couldn't put it down! -- Colleen Easley)

The Klondike Quest The Klondike Quest
Pierre Berton
Hard Back - "Coffee Table Book"
If you read Berton's "The Klondike Fever" (above) you'll want this book as a companion. This book contains all the picture to make Klondike Fever come alive. This is an excellent photographic journal of the Klondike Gold Rush on high quality glossy paper. It took me two years after reading the book before I sprang for the "Quest", but it was well worth it!

I married the Klondike I Married the Klondike
Laura Beatice Berton
Paperback
The classic and endearing story of a young schoolteacher in a Yukon mining camp.
"I Married the Klondike is a Canadian classic that has been anthologized, serialized, and televised. . . and in her twilight years it brought to my mother a modicum of fame, which she thoroughly enjoyed." -- Pierre Berton
"I have read many books on the Yukon, but this is different. . . It is the gallant personality of the author which shines on every page, and makes her chronicle a saga of the High North." -- Robert W. Service.

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One Man's Gold Rush One Man's Gold Rush
Murray Morgan
Paperback
When Eric A. Hegg rushed north to Alaska in 1897 he was a journeyman photographer, largely self-trained. He forced a sled load of photographic equipment across the coastal mountains in the dead of winter. He hiked out to the claims on Bonanza and Eldorado, and he poked his camera into the banks and bars and bordellos in Dawson. He rode a paddle-wheel steamer down the Yukon to the Bering and was on the dark sands of the beach at Nome when the prospectors swirled gravel in their pans and worked their mechanical rockers. Most important, he was there, high on the Chilkoot Pass in the winter of 1897-98, as the dark-clad men climbed antlike up the frozen steps to The Scales under the burden of 2,000 pounds of supplies.

One Woman's Gold Rush One Woman's Gold Rush
Cynthia Brackett Driscoll
Paperback
After nearly a century, Mollie Brackett's photo album mysteriously resurfaced in the trunk of a repossessed car in California. Her engaging amateur snapshots depict life in Skagway, Alaska, in the goldfields of Atlin, B.C., and on the infamous White Pass Trail at a time when her father-in-law, George A. Brackett, was attempting to recoup his lost fortune with ventures in transportation and mining. George's great-granddaughter, Cynthia Brackett Driscoll, pieces together Gold Rush history and family life in a compelling way that reveals the human side of this incredible 19th Century enterprise.

Chilkoot Trail - Heritage Route to the Klondike Chilkoot Trail - Heritage Route to the Klondike
David Neufeld and Frank Norris
Paperback
This volume, which was co-written by Dave Neufeld of Parks Canada and Frank Norris of the U.S. National Park Service, is a lively tale that sheds new light on the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. The Chilkoot Trail was the main route that the "stampeders" used to reach the gold fields, and this volume provides a lively summary of beauty and dangers that were faced along the way. Both casual readers and serious historians will gain new insights. Many maps and first-person accounts are included.

The Skagway Story The Skagway Story
Howard Clifford
Paperback
Skagway's part as a rip-roaring gold rush town is captured in The Skagway Story. This intriguing little book is just like a scrapbook filled with photographs from dusty trunks in attics, recollections from pioneers who were there, and memorabilia of long-buried residents.
Learn about the glory days of Skagway, Alaska, known as the "Gateway to the Klondike" - the discovery of the Klondike goldfields in 1896, the ordeal of the stampeders truding over the grueling Chilkoot Pass in the winter of 1897-98, the 1898 shootout between con man Soapy Smith and city official Frank Reid, the completion of the narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Route railroad in 1900, and other milestones in the history of the North's most famous bonanza.

Alaska Alaska
James A. Michener
Paperback
To the north lies Alaska, the vast untamed land that master storyteller James Michener now reveals in all of it awesome, sweeping majesty.
The native peoples of Alaska have spent millions of lifetimes confronting the most fearsome elements of destruction - the bitter winds of Mother Nature, the unlimited might of the great armies of the world. Here are the men and women who tried to tame the land, seize its bounty, and lay claim to the elusive spirit that holds native and visitor alike.
In a novel that ranges from the near forgotten past to the highly technological present, from self-defense to self-determination, here is Alaska's emotional and at times violent history. It is a stirring portrait of a human community living on the edge of the world, claiming a bold heritage of survival against all odds.

Journey Book Cover Journey
James A. Michener
Paperback
Gold fever swept the world in 1897. The chance for untold riches sent thousands of dreamers from all walks of life on a perilous trek toward their fortunes, failures, or deaths. Here, we are immersed in the searing adventures of four English aristocrats and their Irish servant as they misquidedly haul their dreams across cruel Canadian terrain toward the Klondike gold fields.
With its probing insight into the follies and grandeur of the human spirt, Journey is a vivid, sweeping novel, the kind that only James Michener can write.

The Best of Robert Service The Best of Robert Service
Robert W. Service
Paperback
The Collected Poems of Robert Service
Robert W. Service
Hardcover
Robert William Service was born in Preston, England on January 16, 1874. He was educated at the University of Glascow, and while in Scotland, served an apprenticeship as a bank clerk. In 1894, he traveled to Victoria, British Columbia in Canada where he worked for the Imperial Bank of Commerce. In 1904 he was transferred to Yukon Territory where he spent eight memorable years. It was during his time in Whitehorse and later in Dawson City that he produced his initial works of poetry, documenting the adventures, personalities and hardships of the Klondike Gold Rush, though the rush had already past its peak.
Works in these titles include: "The Spell of the Yukon", "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", and "The Cremation of Sam McGee".

The Call of the Wild The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Hardcover
Dover Thrift Edition
Audio Cassette
Novels and Stories includes Call of the Wild, White Fang, and others
Jack London's classic 1903 story of Buck, a courageous dog fighting for survival in the Alaskan wilderness, is widely considered to be his masterpiece. Sometimes wrongly considered simply a children's novel, this epic vividly evokes the harsh and frozen Yukon during the Gold Rush. As Buck is ripped from his pampered surroundings and shipped to Alaska to be a sled dog, his primitive, wolflike nature begins to emerge. Savage struggles and timeless bonds between man, dog, and wilderness are played to their heartrending extremes, as Buck undertakes a mystic journey that transforms him into the legendary "Ghost Dog" of the Klondike.

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	Johnny Horton - Greatest Hits CD Includes: 1. North to Alaska 2. Whispering Pines 3. Johnny Reb 4. Mansion You Stole 5. The Battle of New Orleans 6. When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) 7. Honky Tonk Man 8. Battle of New Orleans 9. All for the Love of a Girl 10. Sink the Bismarck 11. Comanche (The Brave Horse) 12. Jim Bridger 13. Johnny Freedom
	The Alaska Almanac : Facts About Alaska Alaska Northwest Books The Alaska Almanac covers every Northern topic imaginable. From cabin fever and dog mushing to oil production and zip codes, you'll find the latest information on the 49th state and thousands of intriguing tidbits. For students, travelers, or anyone with a question about Alaska. This is the Alaska tour guides' bible!
	Gold Rush Women Claire Rudolf Murphy and Jane G. Haigh Paperback Seven to ten percent of the Klondike Gold Rush were women. Yet, their stories have remained virtually buried in family trunks, old newspapers, and museum archives. Gold Rush Women is a photo-rich compilation of the stories of twenty-five women. These women were of all ages, physiques, talents, and upbringings. Their one universal quality was the seeking of adventure, the desire to escape the economic doldrums of the United States in an age that constrained women and kept them financially dependent. They yearned for broader lives and independent financial security. Kate Carmack is reputed to have made the first gold discovery on the Klondike River; Ethel Berry mined gold along side her husband Clarence and became on of the first Northern gold rush millionaires. Whether miners, madams or merchants, each has made her unique contributions.
	The Klondike Fever Pierre Berton Paperback Pierre Berton's Klondike is the only work that captures the full grandeur and sweep of the last great gold rush. Tales of unbelievable hardship, heroism, and villainy abound. Here, for instance, is that full story of Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway. Here is the great spectacle of the Chilkoot Pass. Here are uncanny tales of lesser know routes: trails that led through the heaving swamps of British Columbia, across the terrible glaciers of southern Alaska, and up the icy streams of the Mackenzie Mountains. (This is my all time favorite book on the Klondike Gold Rush - I couldn't put it down! -- Colleen Easley)
	The Klondike Quest Pierre Berton Hard Back - "Coffee Table Book" If you read Berton's "The Klondike Fever" (above) you'll want this book as a companion. This book contains all the picture to make Klondike Fever come alive. This is an excellent photographic journal of the Klondike Gold Rush on high quality glossy paper. It took me two years after reading the book before I sprang for the "Quest", but it was well worth it!
	I Married the Klondike Laura Beatice Berton Paperback The classic and endearing story of a young schoolteacher in a Yukon mining camp. "I Married the Klondike is a Canadian classic that has been anthologized, serialized, and televised. . . and in her twilight years it brought to my mother a modicum of fame, which she thoroughly enjoyed." -- Pierre Berton "I have read many books on the Yukon, but this is different. . . It is the gallant personality of the author which shines on every page, and makes her chronicle a saga of the High North." -- Robert W. Service.
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	One Man's Gold Rush Murray Morgan Paperback When Eric A. Hegg rushed north to Alaska in 1897 he was a journeyman photographer, largely self-trained. He forced a sled load of photographic equipment across the coastal mountains in the dead of winter. He hiked out to the claims on Bonanza and Eldorado, and he poked his camera into the banks and bars and bordellos in Dawson. He rode a paddle-wheel steamer down the Yukon to the Bering and was on the dark sands of the beach at Nome when the prospectors swirled gravel in their pans and worked their mechanical rockers. Most important, he was there, high on the Chilkoot Pass in the winter of 1897-98, as the dark-clad men climbed antlike up the frozen steps to The Scales under the burden of 2,000 pounds of supplies.
	One Woman's Gold Rush Cynthia Brackett Driscoll Paperback After nearly a century, Mollie Brackett's photo album mysteriously resurfaced in the trunk of a repossessed car in California. Her engaging amateur snapshots depict life in Skagway, Alaska, in the goldfields of Atlin, B.C., and on the infamous White Pass Trail at a time when her father-in-law, George A. Brackett, was attempting to recoup his lost fortune with ventures in transportation and mining. George's great-granddaughter, Cynthia Brackett Driscoll, pieces together Gold Rush history and family life in a compelling way that reveals the human side of this incredible 19th Century enterprise.
	Chilkoot Trail - Heritage Route to the Klondike David Neufeld and Frank Norris Paperback This volume, which was co-written by Dave Neufeld of Parks Canada and Frank Norris of the U.S. National Park Service, is a lively tale that sheds new light on the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. The Chilkoot Trail was the main route that the "stampeders" used to reach the gold fields, and this volume provides a lively summary of beauty and dangers that were faced along the way. Both casual readers and serious historians will gain new insights. Many maps and first-person accounts are included.
	The Skagway Story Howard Clifford Paperback Skagway's part as a rip-roaring gold rush town is captured in The Skagway Story. This intriguing little book is just like a scrapbook filled with photographs from dusty trunks in attics, recollections from pioneers who were there, and memorabilia of long-buried residents. Learn about the glory days of Skagway, Alaska, known as the "Gateway to the Klondike" - the discovery of the Klondike goldfields in 1896, the ordeal of the stampeders truding over the grueling Chilkoot Pass in the winter of 1897-98, the 1898 shootout between con man Soapy Smith and city official Frank Reid, the completion of the narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Route railroad in 1900, and other milestones in the history of the North's most famous bonanza.
	Alaska James A. Michener Paperback To the north lies Alaska, the vast untamed land that master storyteller James Michener now reveals in all of it awesome, sweeping majesty. The native peoples of Alaska have spent millions of lifetimes confronting the most fearsome elements of destruction - the bitter winds of Mother Nature, the unlimited might of the great armies of the world. Here are the men and women who tried to tame the land, seize its bounty, and lay claim to the elusive spirit that holds native and visitor alike. In a novel that ranges from the near forgotten past to the highly technological present, from self-defense to self-determination, here is Alaska's emotional and at times violent history. It is a stirring portrait of a human community living on the edge of the world, claiming a bold heritage of survival against all odds.
	Journey James A. Michener Paperback Gold fever swept the world in 1897. The chance for untold riches sent thousands of dreamers from all walks of life on a perilous trek toward their fortunes, failures, or deaths. Here, we are immersed in the searing adventures of four English aristocrats and their Irish servant as they misquidedly haul their dreams across cruel Canadian terrain toward the Klondike gold fields. With its probing insight into the follies and grandeur of the human spirt, Journey is a vivid, sweeping novel, the kind that only James Michener can write.
	The Best of Robert Service Robert W. Service Paperback The Collected Poems of Robert Service Robert W. Service Hardcover Robert William Service was born in Preston, England on January 16, 1874. He was educated at the University of Glascow, and while in Scotland, served an apprenticeship as a bank clerk. In 1894, he traveled to Victoria, British Columbia in Canada where he worked for the Imperial Bank of Commerce. In 1904 he was transferred to Yukon Territory where he spent eight memorable years. It was during his time in Whitehorse and later in Dawson City that he produced his initial works of poetry, documenting the adventures, personalities and hardships of the Klondike Gold Rush, though the rush had already past its peak. Works in these titles include: "The Spell of the Yukon", "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", and "The Cremation of Sam McGee".
	The Call of the Wild Jack London Hardcover Dover Thrift Edition Audio Cassette Novels and Stories includes Call of the Wild, White Fang, and others Jack London's classic 1903 story of Buck, a courageous dog fighting for survival in the Alaskan wilderness, is widely considered to be his masterpiece. Sometimes wrongly considered simply a children's novel, this epic vividly evokes the harsh and frozen Yukon during the Gold Rush. As Buck is ripped from his pampered surroundings and shipped to Alaska to be a sled dog, his primitive, wolflike nature begins to emerge. Savage struggles and timeless bonds between man, dog, and wilderness are played to their heartrending extremes, as Buck undertakes a mystic journey that transforms him into the legendary "Ghost Dog" of the Klondike.
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