A review by miguelf
Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike by Brian Castner

5.0

Such a great book about a small chapter in history that seemingly everyone is kind of familiar with, but few details known. Having a very Deadwood vibe throughout and using language of the time the author did a wonderful job getting the feel of the time and place on the page. It reads as a collection of short stories regarding various characters involved in the Klondike gold rush (and they were all ‘characters’). It was fairly amazing this all happened in such a compressed period of time and the accompanying photos even show how elaborate some of the buildings are (compare that to today’s gold rushes in places like North Dakota in the oil fields – not quite the same architecture is achieved). Well worth the time.