The Klondike fever : the life and death of the last great gold rush / by Pierre Berton.

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.