Books & Maps
Klondike Gold Rush History Podcast
Our favourite sources and background reading for listeners who want to go deeper...
Sources & reading (some are out of print)
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Prelude to Bonanza by Allen Wright
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Early Days on the Yukon by William Ogilvie
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Martha Black by Flo Whyard
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Land of the Midnight Sun: A History of the Yukon by Ken Coates & William Morrison
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Life Lived Like A Story by Julie Cruikshank in collaboration with Angela Sidney, Kitty Smith & Annie Ned
Maps
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1897 Map of Alaska, Yukon Territory, and British Columbia, Showing The Goldfields And Main Routes
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Penn Museum: The Tlingit Map of 1869 - A Masterwork of Indigenous Cartography
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CBC: Oldest known map of southwest Yukon visits territory for 150th birthday
We'll be adding to this list as the episodes roll out. You can buy many of these books at MacBride Museum or Mac's Fireweed. Please note that these links are part of Amazon's affiliate program and if you use them to buy, you are supporting our podcast expenses (thank you!)