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168 pp.
| Boyds/Calkins
| October, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-1-59078-823-3$16.95
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4-6
The authors relate the story of the Canadian gold rush using letters, telegrams, and diary entries from two gold seekers (coauthor Richardson is the great-great-nephew of one of the subjects) who spent a fortune and a lot of time for very little result. The chaotic design features black-and-white archival reproductions of newspaper articles and photographs. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib.