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The Great Stampede was what the miners called the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. But what happened to the Klondike after the gold rush ended? What happens to a land of boom when the boom goes bust?

Chilkoot Pass is indeed the most famous trail in the North, and Satterfield has written a book that is ideal for hikers and armchair travelers. It is history, adventure, and an excellent companion to the Klondike Gold Rush National Park- all in one.

At no other time or place in recorded history did so many people voluntarily subject themselves to so much agony, misery, death and glory than in 1897-98 when countless thousands of stampeders crossed the Chilkoot pass on their way to the Klondike gold fields.

Divided into two main sections, Archie Satterfield's invaluable book begins with a detailed history of the Klondike gold rush of 1897-98.

The second part is a modern-day travel guide to the new international park.

A must-read for hikers, paddlers, history buffs and armchair travelers, "Klondike Park" reconnects the past to the present for readers with a taste for adventure

December 7, 1941, is one of those days engraved in the twentieth century memory. It is a landmark day, along with Armistice Day in 1918, the stock market crash in 1929, and the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. This book is about ordinary people on that extraordinary day. To a large extent, this book is by the people who remember that day because they have been permitted to tell their own stories in their own words. The book chooses representative stories from the entire country and concentrates on the stories of two destroyers, the USS Ward and the USS Henley, which were...