Gold Rush: The untold story of the First Nations woman who started the Klondike Gold Rush
A powerful illustrated book that tells, for the very first time, the story of the courageous women of the Klondike Gold Rush.

Written and illustrated by Northern Irish artist Flora Delargy, the award-winning illustrator of Rescuing Titanic, this exquisitely illustrated story of quiet bravery tells, in rich detail, how Shaaw Tláa (Kate Cormack), a First Nations woman, discovered the gold that led 100,000 gold diggers to descend on the region.

Set against the powerful backdrop of the Yukon valley, with forbidding mountains and rickety railway tracks cutting through the snow, this stunning book shows young children how gold was discovered and how it possessed the popular imagination. It explores the towns that popped up overnight, the treacherous journeys people made to cross the forbidding Yukon landscape, the building of epic railways, and the resilience and injustices experienced by the First Nations people whose towns became inundated by gold-diggers and the legacy of the Gold Rush.

Flora Delargy’s style takes in minute and exhilarating non-fiction details, from the beautifully rendered train tickets and maps of the mountains, diagrams of railway bridges, a step-by-step look at how to pan for gold, to breathtaking illustrations of the Yukon mountains.
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Gold Rush: The untold story of the First Nations woman who started the Klondike Gold Rush
A powerful illustrated book that tells, for the very first time, the story of the courageous women of the Klondike Gold Rush.

Written and illustrated by Northern Irish artist Flora Delargy, the award-winning illustrator of Rescuing Titanic, this exquisitely illustrated story of quiet bravery tells, in rich detail, how Shaaw Tláa (Kate Cormack), a First Nations woman, discovered the gold that led 100,000 gold diggers to descend on the region.

Set against the powerful backdrop of the Yukon valley, with forbidding mountains and rickety railway tracks cutting through the snow, this stunning book shows young children how gold was discovered and how it possessed the popular imagination. It explores the towns that popped up overnight, the treacherous journeys people made to cross the forbidding Yukon landscape, the building of epic railways, and the resilience and injustices experienced by the First Nations people whose towns became inundated by gold-diggers and the legacy of the Gold Rush.

Flora Delargy’s style takes in minute and exhilarating non-fiction details, from the beautifully rendered train tickets and maps of the mountains, diagrams of railway bridges, a step-by-step look at how to pan for gold, to breathtaking illustrations of the Yukon mountains.
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Gold Rush: The untold story of the First Nations woman who started the Klondike Gold Rush

Gold Rush: The untold story of the First Nations woman who started the Klondike Gold Rush

by Flora Delargy
Gold Rush: The untold story of the First Nations woman who started the Klondike Gold Rush

Gold Rush: The untold story of the First Nations woman who started the Klondike Gold Rush

by Flora Delargy

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A powerful illustrated book that tells, for the very first time, the story of the courageous women of the Klondike Gold Rush.

Written and illustrated by Northern Irish artist Flora Delargy, the award-winning illustrator of Rescuing Titanic, this exquisitely illustrated story of quiet bravery tells, in rich detail, how Shaaw Tláa (Kate Cormack), a First Nations woman, discovered the gold that led 100,000 gold diggers to descend on the region.

Set against the powerful backdrop of the Yukon valley, with forbidding mountains and rickety railway tracks cutting through the snow, this stunning book shows young children how gold was discovered and how it possessed the popular imagination. It explores the towns that popped up overnight, the treacherous journeys people made to cross the forbidding Yukon landscape, the building of epic railways, and the resilience and injustices experienced by the First Nations people whose towns became inundated by gold-diggers and the legacy of the Gold Rush.

Flora Delargy’s style takes in minute and exhilarating non-fiction details, from the beautifully rendered train tickets and maps of the mountains, diagrams of railway bridges, a step-by-step look at how to pan for gold, to breathtaking illustrations of the Yukon mountains.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780711263888
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
Publication date: 10/01/2024
Series: Hidden Histories
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 80
File size: 44 MB
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Age Range: 7 - 11 Years

About the Author

Flora Delargy is an author and illustrator from Belfast. She has a master’s degree in Children’s Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art. In 2019, she was selected for the Illustrators Exhibition at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Her first book Rescuing Titanic has been translated into 6 languages and was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal in 2023.


Flora Delargy is an author and illustrator from Belfast. She has a master's degree in Children's Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art. In 2019, she was selected for the Illustrators Exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. Her first book Rescuing Titanic has been translated into 6 languages and was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal in 2023.

Table of Contents

Klondike, Yukon Territory 
The Yukon’s First Nations 
16th August 1896, Bonanza Creek, Yukon Territory 
KATE CARMACK (Shaaw Tláa): The Discoverer 
News Spreads to Seattle 
The Eternal Allure of Gold 
MARTHA BLACK: The Stateswoman 
Martha Joins the Trail 
Supplies for the Journey 
Routes to the Gold Fields
Trekking the Chilkoot Trail 
Chilkoot Golden Staircase 
Riding the Rapids to Dawson City 
BELINDA MULROONEY: The Boomtown Entrepreneur 
Belinda Arrives in Dawson 
Beyond Traditional Roles 
Building a City from Scratch 
The Fairview Hotel 
NELLIE CASHMAN: The Prospector 
The Miner’s Angel
Methods of Mining 
Mining the Earth 
Pioneering Change 
Nellie Hits the Bonanza 
THE BEAUTY OF THE NORTH 
The Strike Moves On 
Martha Devotes her Life to the Yukon 
Nellie and Belinda Give Back to the Community 
Devastation of the Way of Life
THE IMPACT OF KATE CARMACK 
Discrimination and Injustice 
Kate and the Spirit of the Frontier 
Canadian Mining Hall of Fame 
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