Author : William Henry Pope Jarvis
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 15,8 MB
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3732699048
Reproduction of the original: The Great Gold Rush by William Henry Pope Jarvis
Author : W. H. P. Jarvis
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 22,75 MB
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
This book focuses on the fortunes of four male friends who went to seek their fortune in the late nineteenth-century gold rush in America. Not only does it expose the hardships of this pioneering life, but also the mistreatment of animals and people that was accepted as necessary and unavoidable. It also shows that in terms of greed and corruption, nothing much has changed.
Author : Jack London
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 23,50 MB
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 8027221110
The collection contains some of the greatest novels and stories written by Jack London. All of them are tales of the Great Gold Rush, inspired by and based on author's own experience working as a gold miner in Klondike. Content: Novels The Call of the Wild White Fang Burning Daylight Short Stories Son of the Wolf The White Silence The Son of the Wolf The Men of Forty Mile In a Far Country To the Man on the Trail The Priestly Prerogative The Wisdom of the Trail The Wife of a King An Odyssey of the North The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke The God of His Fathers The Great Interrogation Which Make Men Remember Siwash The Man with the Gash Jan, the Unrepentant Grit of Women Where the Trail Forks A Daughter of the Aurora At the Rainbow's End The Scorn of Women Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor and war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences.
Author : Pierre Berton
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 45,74 MB
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1786256738
“Absolutely first-rate.”—The New Yorker This thrilling story is at once first-rate history and first-rate entertainment. Incredible events occurred in North America after a decrepit steamboat docked at Seattle in 1897 containing two tons of pure gold. So frenzied was the clash for gold and so scant was information about conditions in the Klondike that the rush for riches became a kind of fabulous madness. The entire tale—of which Pierre Berton’s account is the definitive telling—has an epic ring (legends were lived and fortunes were won) as much because of its splendid folly as because of its color and motion. “The definitive account of an affair as wildly improbable as any in North American history.”—Saturday Review “A lively saga of the great gold rush. It is the most complete and most authentic on the subject in English.”—The New York Times Book Review
Author : Ronald Pesha
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 29,4 MB
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1625840861
In 1897, a stranger named Reverend Prescott Jernegan arrived in Lubec and made a bold claim: he could extract gold from seawater. To do so, he used so-called accumulators of electrically charged rods in iron pots. Fooling many, he actually hid the gold beneath a wharf in the Bay of Fundy during the night. He and his accomplice, Charles Fisher, preached with fervent enthusiasm as they built their factory and encouraged inspections, which reversed doubters to greedy high-stakes investors. Hundreds of laborers accelerated factory expansion until July 1897, when Jernegan and Fisher fled. Although residents of Lubec attempted civil and criminal action, both men relocated, and fantasies of gold wealth flowed away. Relive the excitement, disappointment and anger of turn-of-the-century Mainers in this collection of accounts about the Lubec gold hoax.
Author : W H P Jarvis
Publisher : Double 9 Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,4 MB
Release : 2024-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9789361422218
"The Great Gold Rush" by W. H. P. Jarvis is a captivating blend of gold rush history and American frontier narratives. As one of Jarvis's notable works, this book delves into the epic saga of the California Gold Rush and the subsequent Alaska gold rush accounts, offering readers a comprehensive look at one of the most transformative periods in 19th-century American history. Through vivid prose and meticulous research, Jarvis brings to life the gold mining adventures and gold prospecting stories of the era, immersing readers in the excitement and challenges faced by pioneers seeking their fortunes in the wild West. This historical exploration narrative provides valuable insights into the Western frontier literature and the legendary figures who shaped the gold rush legends. From the feverish gold rush fever tales to the enduring legacy of the gold rush era, Jarvis's work serves as a valuable resource for understanding the complexities of American pioneer narratives and the profound impact of the gold rush on the nation's history. "The Great Gold Rush" stands as a compelling chronicle of an era defined by exploration, adventure, and the pursuit of wealth in the untamed West.
Author : Kenneth N. Owens
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 25,10 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806136813
Combines narrative history and firsthand Mormon accounts that cast light on the presence of Latter-day Saints in California during the Gold Rush in the middle 1840s. Reprint.
Author : Benjamin Mountford
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 19,77 MB
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0520967585
Nothing set the world in motion like gold. Between the discovery of California placer gold in 1848 and the rush to Alaska fifty years later, the search for the precious yellow metal accelerated worldwide circulations of people, goods, capital, and technologies. A Global History of Gold Rushes brings together historians of the United States, Africa, Australasia, and the Pacific World to tell the rich story of these nineteenth century gold rushes from a global perspective. Gold was central to the growth of capitalism: it whetted the appetites of empire builders, mobilized the integration of global markets and economies, profoundly affected the environment, and transformed large-scale migration patterns. Together these essays tell the story of fifty years that changed the world.
Author : Vicki Delany
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 11,3 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1459706234
Book Two of the Klondike Mystery Series by Vicki Delany! A newcomer to town has secrets Fiona doesn’t want revealed... Its the spring of 1898, and thousands of people, from all corners of the globe, are flooding into the Yukon Territory in the pursuit of gold, the town of Dawson welcomes them all. The beautiful Fiona MacGillivray, the owner of the very successful Savoy dance hall, is happy to make as much money as possible in as short a time as possible. When her twelve-year-old son Angus saves the life of a Native woman intent on suicide, he inadvertently sets off a chain of events that offers his mothers arch-enemy Joey LeBlanc, the madam with a heart of coal, the opportunity to destroy the Savoy Dance Hall once and for all. Unaware of impending danger, Fiona has other concerns: among the new arrivals are a would-be writer with far more tenacity than talent, and her nervous companion. There’s something familiar about the newcomers cut-glass accent, and Fiona MacGillivray is determined to keep her as far away from Angus as possible. Then a killer strikes, and the Mounties are determined to get their man...or woman. If you loved Gold Fever, check out the next two books of the series, Gold Mountain, and Gold Web
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Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 41,65 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Alaska
ISBN :
