The tragedy of the Klondike : this book of travels gives the true facts of what took place in the gold-fields under British rule

Luella Day

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THE TRAGEDY THE KLONDIKEOF The TRAGEDY theof KLONDIKE; This Book of Travels Gives the True Facts of What Took Place in the Gold-fields Under British Rule ( ( i By DAYLUELLA NEW YORK 1906 COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY LUELLA DA*. THE AUTHOR. Taken two theyears after murderous assault inflicted by fin theofficial of Canadian Government. 16Book Deticatefc who theThose andfell by wayside whose bones whiten under the eternal thesnow ice-bound north.of Those who mourn their dead lost on the trail. Those like survived thewho, myself, and -the thehardships perils of questfor in the Klondike.gold Not one statementherein contained is orfalse ' Ihave extenuatedexaggerated. 'nothing ' ' nor setdown in butmaliceyaught append to this solemn oath as to the truthmy of statement contained in theseevery pages* vrn to mebefore is Twenty-fist day of 1906.tember, v York City, N. Y. PREFACE time immemorial the human race has been more or less The lust"gold-mad."FROM of has been the whichmotive-powergold has ruled the newworld, countries,opened up made cities to on the discoveredplains,spring up new made wars and bloodshed incontinents, every of the world.part Solomon could not have built his with-temple out It was the that led togold. motive-power the search for fleece. It was the lust forgolden that Columbus acrossgold brought Christopher a trackless waste of water to discover a new world and a new and to death inpeople finally chains.

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• Klondike River

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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THE TRAGEDY
THE KLONDIKEOFThe
TRAGEDY
theof
KLONDIKE;
This Book of Travels Gives the True
Facts of What Took Place in
the Gold-fields Under
British Rule
(
(
i
By
DAYLUELLA
NEW YORK
1906COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY LUELLA DA*.