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Overview
The Klondike Gold Rush: Photographs from 1896-1899 is a "best of" collection of the finest historical images. These 125 archival photographs document the Klondike Gold Rush and tell the day-to-day story of the ordinary stampeder. Carefully selected anecdotes and written accounts provide further insights and illumination of this fascinating event. This is the Official Book of the Klondike Gold Rush Centennial.Editorials
Judith Isbella
Photos tell the true story of the gold rush's reality.The Can-Can girls were out and Mrs., Lowe1s Laundry was in.
That basically sums up the idea Graham Wilson had when he chose the period photographs for the Klondike Gold Rush: Photographs from 1896-1899.
After rushing supplies off Lynn Canal1s tidal flats, climbing the 50-kilometer Chilkoot Trail several times and boating down the Yukon River, a miner still needed his laundry done.
So the photo of Mrs. G.I. Lowe1s laundry at Bonanza Creek (Mending free of Charge, Fortunes Told) more closely depicts the reality of the gold rush than the Can-Can dancers who now celebrate its centennial.
To create an image-driven story that begins in Skagway, climbs the Chilkoot pass and finishes at Dawson City was the goal for the fledgling Wolf Creek Books Inc.'s first book.
— Time Colonist (Victoria BC Canada)