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The Hard Road To Klondike

by Micheal Macgowan · 2003

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First published in Irish, this is Michael MacGowan's account of the fate dealt to him by 'the Wheel of Life'. After emigration he worked his way across the USA. He then took part in the Klondike gold-rush and vividly recounts his adventures. Home on holidays in 1901 he fell in love and used the money from the gold to buy land and a home.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisKlondike River ValleyKlondike River ValleyMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisYukon TerritoryYukon TerritoryMore like thisLess of this
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