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The Klondike Quest A Photographic Essay 1897-1899
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The Klondike Quest A Photographic Essay 1897-1899 Hardcover - 1997

by Pierre Berton

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Erin, Ontario, Canada: Stoddart / Boston Mills Press, 1997. Centennial edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Square quarto, 239 pages, cloth "THE KLONDIKE QUEST is the perfect companion volume to Berton's KLONDIKE, offering a new point of view, additional information, and the best collection of gold rush photographs ever presented."
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  • Title The Klondike Quest A Photographic Essay 1897-1899
  • Author Pierre Berton
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Centennial edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stoddart / Boston Mills Press, Erin, Ontario, Canada
  • Date 1997
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0006533
  • ISBN 9781550462029 / 1550462024
  • Weight 3.97 lbs (1.80 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.86 x 11.32 x 0.9 in (32.66 x 28.75 x 2.29 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 971.9

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Something was in the wind that July morning in 1897; the loungers waiting on the San Francisco wharf felt it.

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About the author

Pierre Berton was born in the Yukon in 1920 and worked in the Klondike mining camps as a teenager before forging a career as a journalist and cultural commentator. He wrote 50 books, including many historical non-fiction titles, and won over 30 literary awards and many honorary degrees. Appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1986, Berton died in 2004 at the age of 84.