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Children of the Klondike
 Drawing on letters, journals, contemporary accounts, and memoirs, Children of the Klondike looks at the lives of the youngsters who witnessed the treasure hunt of the century firsthand. The large cast of characters includes Daisy Mason, whose Tagish-Tlingit father, Skookum Jim, was one of the men who discovered gold on Rabbit Creek, sparking the Klondike stampede and changing her destiny forever; the Snow siblings, the first non-Native children to cross the infamous Chilkoot Pass, nearly perishing in a blizzard along the way; and Dawsie Schultz, the Klondike’s first gold rush baby. Published by Whitecap Books, 2010.
Advance praise from Ken McGoogan, best-selling author of Fatal Passage and Race to the Polar Sea, and recipient of the Pierre Berton Award for history:
“Writers as diverse as Robert Service, Jack London, and Pierre Berton have written about the Klondike gold rush. But none of them ever said a memorable word about the children who grew up in this exploding world of dancehall girls, wild-eyed miners, and greedy con men. With Children of the Klondike, Frances Backhouse has created a vivid, readable account that fills a gaping hole in a colourful period of Canadian history. Bravo!”
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