Name: Call of the Klondike : a True Gold Rush Adventure
Author: Meissner, David
ISBN: [978-1-68437-616-2,1-68437-616-5]

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Call of the Klondike : a True Gold Rush Adventure

Author: Meissner, David

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Follett Number: 1459PU4
Audience: Middle School
Publisher: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, 2019
Format: 169 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-68437-616-2
ISBN-10: 1-68437-616-5
Dewey: 971.9
Classifications: Nonfiction

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Gold Mines and Mining Yukon

Klondike River Valley (Yukon) Gold Discoveries

Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-165). Through telegrams, letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles, retells the true story of Will Stanley Pearce and Marshall Bond's adventure as prospectors in Dawson City, Canada, during the Klondike gold rush.

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In this riveting, true, action-packed middle-grade historical adventure, two friends rush with thousands of other prospectors heading north to claim their riches in the Klondike goldfields. Marshall Bond and Stanley Pearce journeyed north in the late 1800s to stake their claim in the Klondike goldfields. The two friends book passage on a northbound steamship, haul a year's worth of supplies over steep mountain passes, and navigate 500 miles of treacherous lakes and rivers to reach their destination. This expedition is life threatening, but they make it to Dawson City, in Canada, build a cabin, and meet another young prospector, Jack London--all the while searching for the ultimate reward: gold Co-written by a great-newphew of Staney Pearce, this book includes their telegrams, diaries, and letters, as well as newspaper articles and photographs. An author's note, timeline, bibliography, and further resources encourage readers to dig deeper into the Gold Rush era.

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