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A review by bobkit
Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike by Brian Castner
adventurous
dark
informative
fast-paced
5.0
Listened to the libraries audiobook.
I grew up on Jack London and had an overall sense of what the gold rush was, however, I didn't really. Brian Castner presents the goldrush from different stakeholders, the early prospectors, the miners, the business holders ext... And by doing so he presents viewpoints of those often forgotten voices, such as the first nations and the dancing girls. He paints a picture of how the goldrush only advantaged a handful while many suffered but how it changed the region over the course of three years. I am now going to be on the look out for more material on this absolutely crazy and forgotten time in history. I would definitely like to hear more deconstruction of rich white peoples pov towards more of those people underrepresented, such as Skookum Jim Mason. My final thought is that this would be a fantastic setting for a new HBO series.
I grew up on Jack London and had an overall sense of what the gold rush was, however, I didn't really. Brian Castner presents the goldrush from different stakeholders, the early prospectors, the miners, the business holders ext... And by doing so he presents viewpoints of those often forgotten voices, such as the first nations and the dancing girls. He paints a picture of how the goldrush only advantaged a handful while many suffered but how it changed the region over the course of three years. I am now going to be on the look out for more material on this absolutely crazy and forgotten time in history. I would definitely like to hear more deconstruction of rich white peoples pov towards more of those people underrepresented, such as Skookum Jim Mason. My final thought is that this would be a fantastic setting for a new HBO series.