{"product_id":"klondike-fever-the-life-and-death-of-the-last-great-gold-rush","title":"Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eKlondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePierre Berton\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780786713172\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBasic Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eLater Printing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e494\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A lively saga\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) of the great Alaska gold rush--a story of cold skies and avalanches, con men and gamblers and dance hall girls, grizzly old miners and millionaires\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1897 a grimy steamer bearing two tons of pure Klondike gold docked in Seattle, immediately triggering a stampede north to Alaska. In his exhilarating \u003ci\u003eThe Klondike Fever\u003c\/i\u003e, Pierre Berton chronicles the incredible succession of events that followed in all their splendid and astonishing folly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As many as 100,000 adventurers, dreamers, and would-be miners from all over the world struck out for the remote, isolated gold fields of the Klondike Valley, most of them in total ignorance of the long, harsh Alaskan winters and the territory's indomitable terrain. Less than a third of that number would complete the enormously arduous mountain journey to their destination, and fewer still would strike gold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Berton's story belongs less to those who would make their fortunes than to the many swept up in the gold mania who met misfortune and tragic ends. \u003ci\u003eThe Klondike Fever\u003c\/i\u003e is a stirring testament to the human capacity to dream, and to endure.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush | Pierre Berton | Paperback | 9780786713172 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1766742","offer_id":49377025917080,"sku":"1766742","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81sJsU_QD6L.jpg?v=1783026225","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/klondike-fever-the-life-and-death-of-the-last-great-gold-rush","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}