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Oct 04, 2011 an adaptation of her bestseller gold diggers. See more ideas about books, novels and lgbt history. Oct 01, 2010 in gold diggers, published in 2010, author charlotte gray crafts a fascinating history of the klondike gold rush. An adjunct research professor in the department of history at carleton university, charlotte gray is the recipient of the pierre berton award for distinguished achievement in popularizing canadian history. Striking it rich in the klondike kindle edition by gray, charlotte. Striking it rich in the klondike the nature of gold. The klondike gold rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the klondike region of the yukon, in northwestern canada, between 1896 and 1899. Two years in the klondike and alaskan gold fields 18961898.
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