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 more than thirty thousand. 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. Gold Diggers is the remarkable story of the Klondike Gold Rush told through the lives of six very different people: the miner William Haskell; the saintly priest Father Judge; the savvy twenty-four-year-old businesswoman Belinda Mulrooney; the imperious British journalist Flora Shaw; spit-and-polish Sam Steele of the Mounties; and; most famous; the writer Jack London; who left without gold but with the stories that would make him a legend.Brilliantly interweaving their experiences; Charlotte Gray presents a fascinating panorama of a subarctic town; drawing on letters; memoirs; newspaper articles; and stories and handsomely illustrated with more than sixty original photographs and maps.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Delta Dart F-106 book is excellentBy Peter G. HusemanI own most all F-106 related books ever published; and this likely is the best of them all. Many excellent photos; both BW and color. Interesting narratives as well covering many phases of the Delta Dart evolution. Highly recommended!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I have read several books on the F-106 but this book has a lot more details of the problems the F-106 went Thur to become the greatest fighter interceptor ever buildBy CAWI was a crew chief at McCord AFB 1962 on the F-106;I was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis sent to Paine AFB and also we were first F-106 FIS to go to Alaska along with Capt (General) Leo Marquez . Our F-106's were new from the factory; we had some problems maintaining the birds but this book has a lot of facts I did not know about some 50 years ago; everything was much more classified. . I have read several books on the F-106 but this book has a lot more details of the problems the F-106 went Thur to become the greatest fighter interceptor ever build.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy E. CarantoVery good book.
