Author Acknowledgements

I have attempted wherever possible to keep the historical details of the Klondike Gold Rush, and the town of Dawson, Yukon Territory, accurate. Occasionally, however, it is necessary to stretch the truth in the interests of a good story. A few historical personages make cameos in the book, but all dramatic characters and incidents are the product of my imagination.

Information on photography of the time was provided during a fascinating visit to the George Eastman House: International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester New York. I’d like to thank Jared Case and Todd Gustovson for taking the time to show me around and talk about old cameras.

The reader who is interested in learning more about the Klondike Gold Rush is advised to begin with the definitive book on the subject Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush 1896–1899 by Pierre Berton. Also by Berton, The Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay 1897–1899.

Other reading:

• Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men and Community in the Klondike, Charlene Porsild
• Gold Diggers: Striking it Rich in the Klondike, Charlotte Gray
• Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush, Lael Morgan
• The Klondike Gold Rush: Photographs from 1896–1899, Graham Wilson
• The Klondike Stampede, Tappan Adney.
• The Last Great Gold Rush: A Klondike Reader, edited by Graham Wilson
• The Real Klondike Kate, T. Ann Brennan
• Women of the Klondike, Francis Backhouse

For information about the NWMP:

• The NWMP and Law Enforcement 1873–1905, R.C. Macleod
• Sam Steele: Lion of the Frontier, R. Stewart
• Showing the Flag: The Mounted Police and Canadian Sovereignty in the North, 1894–1925, W.R. Morrison
• They Got Their Man: On Patrol with the North West Mounted, P.H. Godsell