Klondike Quest by Pierre Berton
The most photographed event in America during the 19th century.
More than 10,000 images reside in public archives and private collections, depicting every aspect of what popular historian Pierre Berton has called one of the strangest mass movements in history. For this book, Berton selected 200 photographs, some iconic, some touchingly personal, and most previously unpublished.
The Klondike Quest brings to life the panoramic drama of the great stampede for gold as seen by the ordinary gold-seeker. The photographs are beautifully reproduced and informatively and colorfully captioned. One million people, it is said, laid plans to go to the Klondike. One hundred thousand actually set off. And so the Klondike saga is a chronicle of humanity in the mass. For the next eighteen months, the Yukon interior plateau became a human anthill.
Pierre Berton, a member of the Newsman's Hall of Fame and Canada's most popular historian, was born in the Yukon and educated at UBC. Three Governor General's Awards, two Nellies, two National Newspaper Awards, the Stephen Leacock Prize for Humour, and a National History Society honor have all been bestowed upon him. He is a Companion of the Order of Canada and holds twelve honorary degrees.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781550464535 |
| ISBN 10 | 1550464531 |
| Title | Klondike Quest |
| Author | Pierre Berton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Boston Mills Press |
| Year published | 2005-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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