Stampede
- 288 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
"A gripping and wholly original account of the epic human tragedy that was the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-1898"-- Provided by publisher
Brian Castner Libros
Brian Castner es un escritor de no ficción cuya obra aborda el profundo impacto de la guerra y el trauma. Basándose en sus propias experiencias como oficial de desactivación de explosivos y veterano, explora temas de resiliencia y la condición humana bajo coacción extrema. Su voz distintiva se caracteriza por una cruda honestidad y un examen impasible de las complejidades del conflicto y sus consecuencias. El periodismo y los ensayos de Castner ofrecen a los lectores perspectivas cautivadoras y desafiantes sobre cuestiones globales críticas.
Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike
- 500 páginas
- 18 horas de lectura
In 1897, the United States was mired in the worst economic depression that the country had yet endured. So when all the newspapers announced gold was to be found in wildly enriching quantities in the Klondike River region of the Yukon, a mob of economically desperate Americans swarmed north. Within weeks tens of thousands of them were embarking from western ports to throw themselves at some of the harshest terrain on the planet -- in winter yet -- woefully unprepared, with no experience at all in mining or mountaineering. It was a mass delusion that quickly proved deadly: avalanches, shipwrecks, starvation, murder.