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You will love this book if you enjoy frontier adventure, strong heroines, and stories where love, faith and money pull in different directions. It offers vivid winter settings and characters tested by temptation.
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Picture a winter night in Dawson, deep in the Yukon, where a reddish glow hangs over a town of men who think of one word only. In a saloon called the Pistol Shot stands a girl with short dark hair and two revolvers in her belt. She is Katrine Poniatovsky, the owner's daughter, and in one evening she meets two men who will change her life.
A Girl of the Klondike is a novel by Victoria Cross, set in the gold rush of the 1890s.
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- 1Gold fever fills the town of DawsonFree
- 2Katrine meets two men on one night
- 3Talbot rules his claim by quiet will
- 4A stand-off at the tunnel door
- 5Katrine cares for her neighbors in need
- 6Annie's wish and the cost of gold
- 7Birds of a feather changes Katrine's mind
- 8Marriage in a cabin cannot warm Katrine
- 9A night attack in the dark gulch
- 10Two ideas of freedom and of the soul
- 11How the book uses weather, color and voice
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Gold fever fills the town of Dawson
The book opens on a black Alaskan night after the passes have closed for winter. All summer men fought their way over those trails, trampling the weak and starving their own pack animals. Now the snow has buried the bones, the rivers are frozen, and every man is trapped in the camps.
Over the silent peaks hangs a flickering red light. It marks Dawson, the one place where noise and life survive the cold. The author treats gold lust as a sickness, and the miners talk about claims the way patients talk about symptoms.
Inside the Pistol Shot, a strike has just been announced. The stoves roar and the door swings open to let in more men dusted with frost. Money flows across the bar in pinches of gold dust, and no one asks how it was earned.
The book asks what happens to kindness, faith and love where one word rules every mind. When a whole town is ruled by one desire, even good people begin to bend around it.
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What is A Girl of the Klondike about?
It is a novel about Katrine Poniatovsky, a sharp-shooting saloonkeeper's daughter in Dawson, and two men who love or admire her. It shows how gold fever tests faith, love and honor during a Yukon winter.
Who is Henry Talbot in the story?
Talbot is a silent, self-controlled Englishman who owns the richest claim in the west gulch. He rules thirty miners by fairness and will, keeps his past secret, and becomes Katrine's trusted friend.
Why is Katrine called a girl of the Klondike?
The title points to Katrine as the child of the gold rush town of Dawson. She lives alone, carries two revolvers, gambles, and helps neighbors, so she stands for the wild freedom of the Klondike.
When was A Girl of the Klondike written and is it a true story?
It is a work of fiction by Victoria Cross, set in the gold rush of the 1890s. The characters are invented, but the Dawson setting, the claims and the weather give it a realistic frontier feel.
Is A Girl of the Klondike easy to read?
The story moves along through short scenes, clear dialogue and strong images of snow and fire. Each chapter has a distinct episode, such as a dance, a stand-off or a night attack, so it is easy to follow.
Cite this edition
Cross, Victoria. A Girl of the Klondike. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-girl-of-the-klondike.
Cross, V. (2026). A girl of the Klondike. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-girl-of-the-klondike (Original work published 1899)
Cross, Victoria. A Girl of the Klondike. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-girl-of-the-klondike.
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