Gold Rush
About This Book
Flora Delargy, a Northern Irish artist known for the award-winning Rescuing Titanic, both wrote and illustrated this book about the Klondike Gold Rush, told through the experiences of the women who lived through it. It is written for young children and places its focus on steady endurance rather than on the headline-grabbing side of the rush. The story starts with Shaaw Tláa, also called Kate Cormack, a First Nations woman whose discovery of gold drew around 100,000 gold-seekers into the region. Against the Yukon valley, where mountains rise and railway tracks cut through the snow, the book explains how the gold was found and why it gripped the public imagination. Readers follow the towns that appeared almost overnight, the dangerous journeys across the Yukon wilderness, and the construction of ambitious railways. The book also looks at the resilience and mistreatment of the First Nations communities whose homes were overrun by newcomers, and at the lasting legacy of the rush. The illustrations combine storytelling with factual detail. Pages include train tickets, maps of the mountains, diagrams of railway bridges, and a step-by-step guide to panning for gold, alongside illustrations of the Yukon's mountain scenery.
ISBN: 9780711263871
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