The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the American West and the Yukon Gold Rush (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction)

The author of the Edgar Award-winning American Lightning traces the experiences of 1890s prospector-turned-tycoon George Carmack cowboy detective Charlie Siringo and gold-rush underworld con man Soapy Smith to reveal how the opening of the "last frontier" in Alaska shaped Americas national character. (United States history).