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Chapters: William Moore, Carey Price, John Irving, Aaron Gagnon, Francis Jones Barnard, Lochlyn Munro, Mark Sweeten Wade, Charles Vance Millar, Ian Billcliff, William Pinchbeck, Cataline, Brad Gassoff, Owen Forrester Browne, Stephen Tingley, Bob Gassoff, David Zirnhelt, William Barker, Margaret Ormsby, Alex Fraser, John A. Cameron, Bert Sincock. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 93. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: William Moore (30 March 1822 29 March 1909) was a steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska. During most of British Columbia's gold rushes (from the Queen Charlottes in 1852 until the Cassiar Gold Rush in 1872) Moore could be found at the center of activity, either providing transportation to the miners, working claims or delivering mail and supplies. In 1887, guided by First Nation's explorer Skookum Jim (who later co-discovered the Klondike Goldfields), William Moore was guided through the White Pass route that would become a famous route to the Klondike Gold Rush and purchased the land that would later become the famous gold rush town of Skagway. Throughout his 87 years, he would father four sons and three daughters and make and lose at least three separate fortunes. His friends and rivals would give him many nicknames, among them, William "Buddy" Moore and "The Flying Dutchman". William Moore was born in Hanover, Germany on 30 March 1822. By the age of seven he was sailing on schooners on the North Sea and by age 24, his adventures brought him to New Orleans, Louisiana. In New Orleans, William Moore married his wife, Hendrika, in 1846 and worked on riverboats on the Mississippi River. In 1848, he served in the U.S.-Mexican War aboard the USS Lawrence. That same year became a citizen of the United States and he also became of f...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11251804 ... Read more

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The letters of my friend Mr. Stark Munro appear to me to form so connected a whole, and to give so plain an account of some of the troubles which a young man may be called upon to face right away at the outset of his career, that I have handed them over to the gentleman who is about to edit them.
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The letters of my friend Mr. Stark Munro appear to me to form so connected a whole, and to give so plain an account of some of the troubles which a young man may be called upon to face right away at the outset of his career, that I have handed them over to the gentleman who is about to edit them.
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The letters of my friend Mr. Stark Munro appear to me to form so connected a whole, and to give so plain an account of some
of the troubles which a young man may be called upon to face right away at the outset of his career, that I have handed them
over to the gentleman who is about to edit them. ... Read more