{"product_id":"9781462821648","title":"After The Gold Rush: Growing Up In Skagway","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter the Gold Rush\u003c\/i\u003e begins in January 1926, when the                ship carrying Robert Dahl steams into the harbor in Skagway,                Alaska. The ten-year-old boy has been traveling for over a week                with his mother and two brothers from the tiny town in northwest                Iowa where he was born. As the ship’s crew prepares to dock,                the brothers eagerly scan the wharf for a glimpse of their father,                who arrived a few weeks earlier to become the town’s only physician.\u003c\/p\u003e             \u003cp\u003eDriven by hopes of finding Yukon gold, thousands had once                passed through Skagway. By the time of the Dahl family’s arrival                in 1926, the population had shrunk to five hundred. Although                some buildings remaining from the Gold Rush days made sections                of Skagway look like a ghost town, the young boy from the plains                of Iowa was entranced by the wild beauty of the surrounding                mountains, which he would explore in the years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e             \u003cp\u003eIn this highly personal tale of Robert Dahl´s years in Skagway,                we meet the people of the town—at school, at work, at play,                hunting and fishing. We meet town \"characters,\" a few remaining                from the Gold Rush days, others whose drifting had ended in                Skagway. We meet Tlingit Indians, who were made \"outcasts in                their own land\" by the visible and invisible barriers of small-town                life. \u003c\/p\u003e             \u003cp\u003eThe author concludes with the hope that \"this lovely piece                of our world will be preserved as long as human beings, and                our fellow creatures who inhabit those splendid mountains, valleys,                forests, rivers, streams, and, yes, even the glaciers, continue                to live on this earth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155516539120,"sku":"9781462821648","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462821648_p0.jpg?v=1763678625","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462821648","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}