The Clara Nevada
Subtitle: gold, greed, murder and Alaska's Inside Passage
By: Steven C. Levi
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9781609492885
Subjects: Gold discoveries; Shipping; Avarice; Case studies; Explosion, 1898; Clara Nevada (Steamboat); Shipwrecks; Explosions; History
Description: "February 5, 1898. Witnesses report a giant orange fireball reflected in the glacial waters of Alaska's Lynn Canal. At the height of Klondike gold fever, the Clara Nevada disappeared into an epic storm--taking passengers and priceless cargo with her. Was the explosion an accident or a robbery gone wrong?"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The maritime rush to Skagway and Dyea; title: The wreck of the Clara Nevada; title: The Seattle times and Post-intelligencer do battle; title: Curiouser and curiouser; title: The search for answers; title: What happened to C.H. Lewis?; title: The end of the maritime frontier; title: Mass murder and robbery or an accident?