Great Klondike Gold Rush

by Pierre Berton, Ken McGoogan (Foreword)

An omnibus of the best tales ever told about the Klondike and its characters. The fourth and final book in the exciting Pierre Berton's History for Young Canadians series is The Great Klondike Gold Rush . Canada's best-known writer, Pierre Berton, tells the stories of the prospectors, the gold seekers, and the unforgiving land and gold that drove them mad. The Great Klondike Gold Rush is the acclaimed six-book history of North America's last great gold rush. Originally printed as separate volumes in the Adventures in Canadian History series, the titles in this omnibus are Bonanza Gold , The Klondike Stampede , Trails of '98 , City of Gold , Before the Gold Rush , and Kings of the Klondike . "Because he grew up in Dawson City, Yukon, in the afterglow of the greatest gold rush this continent has ever known, no story was closer to Pierre Berton's heart than the one he tells in this volume.... Only a few men struck it rich in the Klondike Gold Rush. But nobody who survived the adventure ever forgot it. The same can be said of this book. If you read it, you will never forget it."
-- Ken McGoogan, author Lady Franklin's Revenge and winner of the 2006 Pierre Berton Award. Foreword by Ken McGoogan, winner of the 2006 Pierre Berton Award.

Genres: History

300 pages, Paperback

First published March 19, 2007

About the author

From narrative histories and popular culture, to picture and coffee table books to anthologies, to stories for children to readable, historical works for youth, many of his books are now Canadian classics.

Born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon, Pierre Berton worked in Klondike mining camps during his university years. He spent four years in the army, rising from private to captain/instructor at the Royal Military College in Kingston. He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver, where at 21 he was the youngest city editor on any Canadian daily. He wrote columns for and was editor of Maclean's magazine, appeared on CBC's public affairs program "Close-Up" and was a permanent fixture on "Front Page Challenge" for 39 years. He was a columnist and editor for the Toronto Star, and a writer and host of a series of CBC programs.

Pierre Berton has received over 30 literary awards including the Governor-General's Award for Creative Non-Fiction (three times), the Stephen Leacock Medal of Humour, and the Gabrielle Leger National Heritage Award. He received two Nellies for his work in broadcasting, two National Newspaper awards, and the National History Society's first award for "distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history." For his immense contribution to Canadian literature and history, he has been awarded more than a dozen honourary degrees, is a member of the Newsman's Hall of Fame and a Companion of the Order of Canada.