Tales of a an Unsung Sourdough

Tales of an Unsung Sourdough

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Dawn Macdonald
, Barry Kazimer
, Sarah Schwartz
, Linda Leitch
, Jude Castillo
, Marilyn Stanley
, Laney Gomes
, Sandra Furlotte
, Natasa Ilic
, Deb Philippon
, Grace Novack
, Andrea Pole
, Noelle Walsh
, Rita O'Sullivan
, Jill Rothwell
, Deana Bueley
, Jennifer Beyak
, Dorothy Wong
, Melissa Poremba
, Melissa Narine-Singh
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Dani Kat
, LJ Law
, Lynn Andrews
, Andrea Gillespie
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Kim Cappellina
, Karen Kendrick
, Paula Ritchie
, Donna Gamache
, Sara Conway
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Jessica Murray
, Benita Hartwell
, Christina Frantz
, Vicki Bedford
, Randi Ann Doll
, Rachel Edmonds
, Marjorie Roy
, Margaret McKay
, diana kirkwood
, Carl Scott
, Robert Hykawy
, PETER TASSIOPOULOS
, Donald Forsythe
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Denise Duvall
, Pam Keetch
, Trish Bowering
, Karen Reid
, Darlene Foster
, Mary Danieli
, Lynn Bechtel
, Janice Cournoyer
, Maria Mclean
, John Jantunen
, Lisa Mallia
, Karen Nordrum
, Alex Henderson
, Agnes Marshall
, Colby Clair Stolson
, Lori Watson
, finn mulryan
, Amanda Schempp
, Mary Lester
, Susan Jang
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Mary Therrien
, Joshua Lewis
, BARBARA BELL
, Joe Mitchell
, Nancy Steinhausen
, Debra Fisher

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12/06/2023

25/06/2023

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Margo Beredjiklian
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Rita O'Sullivan

In the mid-1880s, Johnny Lind, a teenager from Pond Mills, Ontario, struck out for adventure and wealth. After a decade working as a railroader in the United States, Johnny headed north, to Yukon and Alaska, and he was mining gold nearby when the Klondike Gold Rush began.

As a "sourdough," albeit an unsung one - the nickname for miners who had survived an entire winter in the North - Lind's story goes largely unrecognized in the lore of the era, his understated demeanor overshadowed by the larger-than-life characters that dominate the history books. But he kept journals recording his adventures in the Klondike, and these form an invaluable personal record. His stories shed light on the people and events of the gold rush, from the perspective of an everyman who wound up striking it rich.

Here, Johnny Lind's grandson Phil Lind shares his grandfather's fascinating story, along with his love of the Klondike, the history of the gold rush, the colourful players in that famed period, and the peoples and land affected by the legendary stampede for wealth.