TY - BOOK AU - Berton,Pierre TI - The Klondike fever: the life and death of the last great gold rush PY - 1958/// CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf KW - Prospectors KW - Biography KW - Canada KW - Klondike River Valley (Yukon) KW - Gold discoveries N1 - With hard-and supercover; Rev. ed. published in 1972 under title: Klondike; the last great gold rush; Index: pp. I-XIX; Cont.: Prelude -- Of a fateful encounter -- How Dawson was born, Circle City died -- Of treasure ships laden with gold -- Being the tale of the Dead Horse trail -- Chapter of paradoxes -- Chapter of deceptions -- Unbroken line of men -- Thirty thousand souls -- How Dawson City, flooded by water, then by men -- Being a faithful account of the rise, reign and violent death of Jefferson Randolph "Soapy " Smith -- Nourished by gold -- Fault is not in the wealth -- Note on sources -- Bibliography -- Index ER -