About the Author

Pierre Berton was born in the Yukon in 1920 and worked in the Klondike mining camps as a teenager before forging a career as a journalist and cultural commentator He wrote 50 books, including many historical non-fiction titles, and won over 30 literary awards and many honorary degrees Appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1986, Berton died in 2004 at the age of 84

Reviews

Awe inspiring... [Berton] manages to convey the lust for gold that followed the first news of a gold strike in the summer of 1897... Many of the photos, though, are unfamiliar, and some truly are worth the thousand words it would take to describe them.--Linda Turk "Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal" (8/28/2005 12:00:00 AM)

It is interesting to watch how the expression change as you progress through the book, from optimistic in the beginning, to almost hopeless by the end... a broad appeal to readers... The pictures alone will offer hours of viewing.-- "CM Magazine" (10/28/2005 12:00:00 AM)

The gold fever, the shimmering sands, the trail of dead horses, the golden stairs, the armada, the shuffling throng, the creeks, and the city of gold all come alive with brilliant clarity.... This is a truly great photographic essay.... It is a must for every Canadian library.--Jack Brown "Canadian Materials Reviews" (9/1/1984 12:00:00 AM)

The story of the stampede is told well but shown even better.-- "HistoryNet.com" (8/12/2001 12:00:00 AM)

While the photographs form the heart of the book, the text does not take second place.... Even in the relatively short amount of text allowed for, the author provides us with personal human details rather than simple sweeping generalities... The Klondike Quest should have a broad appeal to readers of all ages who like information provided about a brief but dramatic period in our history, or to those who simply enjoy the many photographs. The pictures alone will offer hours of viewing. As a true story of real men looking for a phantom, it's a tale that can't be beat. Boston Mills Press has included here more than 200 photographs, some of them breathtaking, some funny, some wistful some horrifying...and some downright sad.--Ronald I. Hore "Canadian Materials" (10/28/2005 12:00:00 AM)