One Man's Gold Rush: A Klondike Album

by Murray Morgan

When Eric A. Hegg rushed north to Alaska in 1897, he as a journeyman photographer, largely self-trained. He forced a sled load of photographic equipment across the coastal mountains in the dead of winter. He hiked out to the claims on Bonanza and Eldorado, and he poked his camera into the banks and bars and bordellos in Dawson. He rode a paddle-wheel steamer down the Yukon to the Bering and was on the dark sands of the beach at Home when the prospectors swirled gravel in their pans and worked their mechanical rockers. Most important, he was there, high on the Chilkoot Pass in the winter of 1897-98, as the dark-clad men climbed antlike up the frozen steps of The Scales under the burden of a year's supplies.

Genres: History

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

Murray Cromwell Morgan

Reviews

[Dinh Hong · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting story of a photographer’life and journey to record the gold rush history in Klondike through his invaluable photographs

[Mark Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you're interested in the Klondike, this is an excellent book. Very readable.

[D · Rating 3 out of 5]

Follows the format of a chapter of text, then a bunch of photos. Covers Seattle to Skaygway/Dyea, the Yukon River, Dawson, and Nome. Gives a basic understanding of the time. Wouldn't be a bad intro to the Klondike, since the photos really help it along.

[Matt French · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is amazing to think about what this man went through to create these images during such a challenging adventure.