On a quiet, snowy winter evening in the city of Dublin, just after the turn of the century, a horse-drawn carriage bearing revelers for the feast day of Epiphany clatters up to a modest, homey townhouse whose upper floors have already begun stirring in the darkness, like a beacon of storms. Lighted lamps stand outside, burning steadily and dotting the long snow-blanketed sidewalks; the high window-lights release into the flurries of the streets a quaint, fuzzy radiance that seems to beckon to those just arriving, hopping up the stairs with expectant laughter. The warmth of this bygone society is so quietly vigorous that one can feel it, emanating from an…
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In the wintry world of the Klondike, located in the Yukon territory of northwestern Canada, an influx of prospectors searching for gold brought timeless fame to what was to become the mecca of many pioneers: The Klondike Gold Rush. Competing for immeasurable riches, pioneers and prospectors alike embodied the dueling instincts of avarice and survival, living on the border of fabulous riches and utter squalor. Deriving its setting and incidents from the Klondike Gold Rush and the Donner Party, The Gold Rush chronicles the challenges of The Lone Prospector—The Tramp in his northern form—as he weathers snowstorms and endures starvation in the cabin of a wanted homicide, sidestepping a burly…
