Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike

by Brian Castner

Book Overview

A gripping and wholly original account of the epic human tragedy that was the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. One hundred thousand men and women rushed heedlessly north to make their fortunes; very few did, but many thousands of them died in the attempt.

In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385544502
• ISBN13: 9780385544504
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"