Call of the Klondike

A True Gold Rush Adventure

David Meissner, Kim Richardson (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

168 Seiten

2013
Calkins Creek (Verlag)
9781590788233 (ISBN)

Keine Verlagsinformationen verfügbar

Artikel merken

Winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction

The remarkable tale of two young men during the Klondike Gold Rush, told through first-hand diaries, letters, and more—“excellent reading” for middle grade fans of The Call of the Wild and adventure stories (School Library Journal)

As thousands head north in search of gold, Marshall Bond and Stanley Pearce join them, booking passage on a steamship bound for the Klondike goldfields. The journey is life threatening, but the two friends make it to Dawson City, in Canada, build a cabin, and meet Jack London—all the while searching for the ultimate reward: gold!

A riveting, true, action-packed adventure, with 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.

David Meissner has travelled to more than thirty countries and is obviously no stranger to adventure. While researching this book, he hiked the Chilkoot Trail from Alaska into Canada. David is a teacher who has written more than twenty children's books. Kim Richardson is the great-great nephew of Stanley Pearce, whose Klondike adventures inspired this book. He has travelled to five continents and otherregions of the earth. Kim is a haiku poet and works in children's publishing. He lives with his family just outside London, England.

Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 236 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
ISBN-13	9781590788233 / 9781590788233
Zustand	Neuware