{"product_id":"klondike-the-last-great-gold-rush-18961899-9780771012839","title":"Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush  1896-1899","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains  the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development  and here are its dramatic tales of hardship  heroism  and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith  dictator of Skagway; Swiftwater Bill Gates  who bathed in champagne; Silent Sam Bonnifield  who lost and won back a hotel in a poker game; and Roddy Connors  who danced away a fortune at a dollar a dance. We meet dance-hall queens  paupers turned millionaires  missionaries and entrepreneurs  and legendary Mounties such as Sam Steele  the Lion of the Yukon.  Pierre Bertons riveting account reveals to us the spectacle of the Chilkoot Pass  and the terrors of lesser-known trails through the swamps of British Columbia  across the glaciers of souther Alaska  and up the icy streams of the Mackenzie Mountains. It contrasts the lawless frontier life on the American side of the border to the relative safety of Dawson City. Winner of the Governor Generals award for non-fiction  Klondike is authentic history and grand entertainment  and a must-read for anyone interested in the Canadian frontier.  From the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256913846325,"sku":"ByrdShop_0771012837","price":68.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780771012839.jpg?v=1779901237","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/klondike-the-last-great-gold-rush-18961899-9780771012839","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}