The floor of heaven : a true tale of the last frontier and the Yukon gold rush / Howard Blum.
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TextPublisher: New York : Crown PublishersCopyright date: ©2011Edition: First editionDescription: x, 420 pages , [8] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- General
- 9780307461728 (hbk.)
- Siringo, Charles A., 1855-1928
- Smith, Jefferson Randolph, 1860-1898
- Carmack, George W. (George Washington), 1860-1922
- Siringo, Charles A., 1855-1928
- Smith, Jefferson Randolph, 1860-1898
- Carmack, George W. (George Washington), 1860-1922
- Gold mines and mining -- History -- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- 19th century
- Gold mines and mining -- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- History
- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Gold discoveries
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890
- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Biography
- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Gold discoveries
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Biography
- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- 978/.02 22
- 978 14
- F912.Y9 B58 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 408-418).
Using primary source materials from three individuals around whom the narrative revolves, best-selling author Blum tells a story of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush.
Traces the experiences of 1890s prospector-turned-tycoon George Carmack, cowboy detective Charlie Siringo, and con man Soapy Smith to reveal how the opening of the "last frontier" in Alaska shaped America's national character.
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