The Hard Road To Klondike

This memoir tells the story of an Irishman worked his way across the USA in steel mills and mines to Montana. He then took part in the Klondike gold rush and vividly recounts his adventures and hardships in the icy wastes of the Yukon. Told with the certainty and authority of someone who has `lived' what he describes, this book reflects the author's indomitable spirit and loyalty to his native place and culture. His saga is filled with vivid recountings of his adventures and experiences-canoeing the Yukon, panning for gold, sheltering with Indians, the long dark winters near the Arctic Circle-and his loyal ""sourdough"" companions. He returned home in 1901 and using the money from the gold he found, bought some land and a house, married, and never wandered again, dying in 1948. MacGowan's highly readable true story of the frontier is one of determination, courage, and spirit