A review by michaelkerr
The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier & the Yukon Gold Rush by Howard Blum

4.0

At the twilight of the wild west, gold fever drew the lawless faction to Alaska where the violence and anarchy continued. This novelistic book is a character study of several of the main players who intersect in the frozen wilds, though a great deal of the text deals with their lives before they go north. My only criticism is that - despite "Yukon" being in the subtitle - it is an exclusively American tale about Americans; I was expecting at least some of the text to deal with the Canadian context. Still, it's a great read.