Description
Gold Rush in the Klondike is a previously unpublished personal narrative of one woman’s experiences during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. The book records personal details and events that would otherwise be lost to history, and the author’s keen eye for the social dynamics of a frontier settlement give readers unparalleled insight into what is was really like to take part in the gold rush. Of note: 1. The book provides an authentic personal narrative of one family’s experience during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Never before published. 2. Unique woman’s perspective on an exciting life in a dangerous sub-Arctic frontier society. 3. Records personal encounters with historical figures such as Jack London and Clarence Berry. 4. Unique documentation of day-to-day life during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Josephine Knowles was born in Buffalo Prairie, Illinois, in 1864. She lived in Nebraska, Selma, California, and Oakland, California before her extraordinary year in the Klondike in 1898. She returned to San Francisco in the spring of 1899 and spent the rest of her life in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was the grandmother of noted psychologist Muriel James, who edited Knowles manuscript and wrote the foreword. Knowles died in Berkeley, California, in 1936, at the age of 71.
