Title: The floor of heaven
Description: Using primary source materials from three individuals around whom the narrative revolves, best-selling author Blum tells a story of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush.
Subjects: Gold discoveries, Gold mines and mining, History, Biography, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Places: Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), West (U.S.)
People: George W. Carmack (1860-1922), Charles A. Siringo (1855-1928), Jefferson Randolph Smith (1860-1898)
Time periods: 1860-1890, 19th century