STAMPEDE - Saints, Successes, Suckers & Scoundrels of the Yukon Gold Rush

STAMPEDE! Saints, Successes, Suckers & Scoundrels of the Yukon Gold Rush. Non-fiction, 392 pages with many photos, Foreword by Michael Hawfield. A look at more than 500 individuals and institutions of the Gold Rush at the turn of the 20th Century. One hundred thousand headed there, only 40% overcame huge obstacles to reach the land of dreams; of those about one-tenth came out ahead while more than 100 lost their lives violently.