The WHITE PASS - Gateway to the Klondike

Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Trade. Trade paperback.Condition is near fine, light crease across bottom corner of back cover, corners bumped, light edge wear, no writing or stamps, cover is bright and glossy, a nice looking book...........*We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books sent in the same package, please contact us for more info.**.......WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK........Summary - With forward by Pierre Berton...By the Thousands they came, the goldseekers of '97, pouring through Alaska's White and Chilkoot passes on the way to the Klondike and potential fortune. Fast behind them came the entrepreneurs, the bunco artist and before long, the engineers and financiers whose driving ambitions was t build a railway throughout the White Pass's rocky precipices. This is the epic northern adventure of the men who rushed for gold, the workers who toiled in winter storms and thaw-time muck carving trhe grade and laying rail, and the ingenious characters who dreamed, schemed and finally built the 175 k, White Pass railway against impossible geographical and financial odds.....