[Klondike 01] • Klondike by Berton, Pierre -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Other Books by This Author Contents Maps Dedication Preface to the Revised Edition Cast of Major Characters The Golden Highway Chapter One

1. The Pilgrims 2. “Gold – all same like this!” 3. The hermits of Fortymile 4. The land of the Golden Rule

Chapter Two

1. The prospector and the squaw man 2. The exculpation of Lying George 3. Moose pastures 4. The kings of Eldorado 5. Henderson’s luck

Chapter Three

1. Clarence Berry strikes it rich 2. The death of Circle City 3. The birth of Dawson 4. A friend in need 5. Big Alex and Swiftwater Bill 6. City of gold

Chapter Four

1. The treasure ships 2. Rich man, poor man 3. A ton of gold 4. Klondicitis 5. Warnings all unheeded 6. Balloons, boatsleds, and bicycles 7. Fearful passage

Chapter Five

1. Captain Billy’s last stand 2. The swarming sands of Skagway 3. The dead horse trail 4. Hell on earth 5. The human serpent

Chapter Six

1. Starvation winter 2. Revolt on the Yukon 3. A dollar a waltz 4. Only a coal miner’s daughter 5. Greenhorns triumphant 6. The Saint of Dawson

Chapter Seven

1. The trails of Ninety-eight 2. Rich man’s route 3. Frozen highways 4. “Bury me here, where I failed” 5. Overland from Edmonton 6. The road to Destruction City

Chapter Eight

1. The Chilkoot 2. Up the Golden Stairs 3. One of everybody 4. Death beneath the snows

Chapter Nine

1. Rage in the sawpits 2. The Lion of the Yukon 3. The outlandish armada 4. Split-Up City

Chapter Ten

1. “Cheechako!” 2. Carnival summer 3. Champagne for breakfast 4. Remember the Sabbath 5. Graft and the Nugget

Chapter Eleven

1. Soapy Smith takes over 2. Alias Robin Hood 3. The Committee of 101 4. Dictator of Skagway 5. Shoot-out at the Juneau dock 6. No escape

Chapter Twelve

1. Gold, restless gold 2. The San Francisco of the North 3. The false fronts of Front Street 4. Queens of dance-hall row 5. Fortune’s wheels 6. The last stampede 7. Tales of conspicuous wealth 8. Money to burn

Chapter Thirteen

1. Finale 2. The legacy of the gold rush 3. River of ghosts

Chronology Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements

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