{"product_id":"9780711263871-gold-rush","title":"Gold Rush","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe untold story of the First Nations woman who started the Klondike Gold Rush\u003cbr\u003eThe little-told story of the discovery of Klondike Gold, following the First Nations women who discovered and sparked a worldwide \u003ci\u003eGold Rush\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful illustrated book that tells, for the very first time, the story of the courageous women of the Klondike Gold Rush.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Written and illustrated by Northern Irish artist Flora Delargy, the award-winning illustrator of \u003ci\u003eRescuing Titanic\u003c\/i\u003e, this exquisitely illustrated story of quiet bravery tells, in rich detail, how Shaaw Tláa (Kate Cormack), a First Nations woman, \u003cb\u003ediscovered the gold that led 100,000 gold diggers to descend on the region\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set against the powerful backdrop of the Yukon valley, with \u003cb\u003eforbidding mountains and rickety railway tracks cutting through the snow\u003c\/b\u003e, this stunning book \u003cb\u003eshows young children how gold was discovered \u003c\/b\u003eand 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003cb\u003estep-by-step look at how to pan for gold\u003c\/b\u003e, to breathtaking illustrations of the Yukon mountains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53528608768374,"sku":"9780711263871","price":15.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36339741.jpg?v=1762973193","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780711263871-gold-rush","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}