Title: Gamblers and dreamers
First published: 1998
Description: Gamblers and Dreamers tackles some of the myths about the history of the North in the era of the gold rush. Though many inhabitants came and went, Charlene Porsild shows that many put down roots. The picture she presents of Dawson City at the turn of the century reveals that it had a cosmopolitan character, a stratified society, and a definite permanence.
Subjects: Gold discoveries, Community life, Histoire, Découvertes d'or, Population history, History, Canada, social life and customs, Klondike gold fields, Klondike river valley (yukon), gold discoveries, Population, Communauté, General, Gold mines and mining
Places: Dawson, Dawson (Yukon), Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Klondike, Vallée du (Yukon), Vallée du (Yukon) Klondike, Yukon Territory
Time periods: 1895-1918