Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-fields
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (749 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1548470961 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 390 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This true narrative published in 1898 is the basis for Klondike which is a three-part mini-series by the Discovery Channel that was broadcast on January 20-22, 2014. It was the network's first-ever scripted miniseries and was directed by Simon Cellan Jones and executive produced by Ridley Scott. Along the way they "must navigate harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and desperate, dangerous characters", yet supported by mill owner Belinda Mulrooney and aspiring writer Jack London.. Klondike stars Richard Madden and Augustus Prew as two adventurers who travel to the Yukon, Canada, in the late 1890s during the Klondike Gold Rush. The story centers on the friendship of two adventurers, Bill Haskell and Byron Epstein, as they travel Northwest during the Klondike Gold Rush
One of the finest "I was there" accounts to be written by anyone about any aspect of America's rugged. frost-bound "last frontier," or any other frontier, for that matter. . This is a wind-ranging, remarkably thorough, honest, and personal account of the gold rush, the Alaska Natives, crime and punishment, mining boomtowns and wilderness living conditions, and more