The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the American West and the Yukon Gold Rush (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction) - Hardcover

Blum, Howard

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9781410441256: The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the American West and the Yukon Gold Rush (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction)

Synopsis

The author of the Edgar Award-winning American Lightning traces the experiences of 1890s prospector-turned-tycoon George Carmack, cowboy detective Charlie Siringo and gold-rush underworld con man Soapy Smith to reveal how the opening of the "last frontier" in Alaska shaped America's national character. (United States history).

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