The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers: A History of Yukon River Steam Navigation
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The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers: A History of Yukon River Steam Navigation
by Turner, Robert D. | HC | Good
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 3 lbs
- Product Group
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harbour Publishing Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1550178873
ISBN-13
9781550178876
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19038764756
Product Key Features
Book Title
Klondike Gold Rush Steamers : a History of Yukon River Steam Navigation
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Navigation, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Ships & Shipbuilding / Pictorial
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
67.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
11 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-301446
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Robert Turner, in my view the best maritime historian in the country, has provided the Yukon and all of Canada with a remarkable memorial of its river-centred history in The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers: A History of Yukon River Steam Navigation . This extensively illustrated and beautifully presented volume provides an extended narrative history of the history of steamers in the Far Northwest...It is one of the finest, most thorough, and most comprehensive books ever written on riverboats in Canada. Scholars of regional transportation are indebted to Robert Turner for this exceptional and detailed work.
Dewey Decimal
386/.22436
Synopsis
The great Klondike Gold Rush began in 1896 and within two years, thousands of prospectors, speculators and people from countless walks of life descended on the Klondike from far and wide, seeking their fortunes. Sternwheeled steamboats were essential modes of transportation for many of those who made the onerous journey in search of riches and adventure. Some miners came by steamer all the way up the Yukon River through Alaska from St. Michael. Others climbed the famed Chilkoot Pass or White Pass to the headwaters of the Yukon and took a steamer downstream to the Klondike. From Dawson City and the Klondike in the Yukon, then on to Nome and Fairbanks in Alaska, the gold rush stampede came and--almost as quickly--faded away. Skilled officers and crews made these robust frontier boats the lifeblood of the Klondike and Alaskan gold rushes. Over 250 steamboats ran on the Yukon River and its tributaries. After the rushes, most were part of the fleets of the White Pass & Yukon Route or the Alaska Railroad and they carried hundreds of tourists and many tons of wartime supplies. The last ones were retired in the mid-1950s. Many were wrecked, while others were simply abandoned and left to rot away. Only the Klondike, Keno and Nenana have been preserved as reminders of those exciting and legendary times. This book tells the dramatic story of these amazing steamboats, the people who built and ran them and the services they provided to a vast, lonely, sometimes frenzied and always challenging frontier. Based on countless hours of field and archival research and packed with over six hundred outstanding photographs, this book presents the fascinating history of the Yukon River's steamers from the pioneer days of the fur trade to the 1950s., The great Klondike Gold Rush began in 1896 and within two years, thousands of prospectors, speculators and people from countless walks of life descended on the Klondike from far and wide, seeking their fortunes. Sternwheeled steamboats were essential modes of transportation for many of those who made the onerous journey in search of riches and adventure. Some miners came by steamer all the way up the Yukon River through Alaska from St. Michael. Others climbed the famed Chilkoot Pass or White Pass to the headwaters of the Yukon and took a steamer downstream to the Klondike. From Dawson City and the Klondike in the Yukon, then on to Nome and Fairbanks in Alaska, the gold rush stampede came and--almost as quickly--faded away. Skilled officers and crews made these robust frontier boats the lifeblood of the Klondike and Alaskan gold rushes. Over 250 steamboats ran on the Yukon River and its tributaries. After the rushes, most were part of the fleets of the White Pass & Yukon Route or the Alaska Railroad and they carried hundreds of tourists and many tons of wartime supplies. The last ones were retired in the mid-1950s. Many were wrecked, while others were simply abandoned and left to rot away. Only the Klondike , Keno and Nenana have been preserved as reminders of those exciting and legendary times. This book tells the dramatic story of these amazing steamboats, the people who built and ran them and the services they provided to a vast, lonely, sometimes frenzied and always challenging frontier. Based on countless hours of field and archival research and packed with over six hundred outstanding photographs, this book presents the fascinating history of the Yukon River's steamers from the pioneer days of the fur trade to the 1950s., Handsome coffee-table book featuring over 600 photographsTurner is an award-winning author of 18 books who has been writing about transportation history for over four decadesAwards include Canadian Railroad Historical Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association for State and Local History's Award of Merit and a Certificate of Honour from the British Columbia Historical FederationTurner is a curator emeritus at the Royal British Columbia Museum and has previously worked for the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Canadian Parks Service, the City of Vancouver, the Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum, the Dawson City Museum and the City of Nelson
LC Classification Number
HE635.Z7Y857 2019
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