In 1898 Hallie Heacock arrived in the Yukon looking for excitement in the Klondike gold rush. At just 16, Hallie was more interested in the prospect of adventure than the pursuit of riches. As fate would have it, unlike the vast majority of his adult contemporaries, Hallie ended up going home substantially richer than when he arrived.

Hallie was just one of many children whose lives were drastically changed by the Klondike gold rush. In Children of the Klondike, the companion to the bestselling book Women of the Klondike, author Frances Backhouse brings to life the stories of these children. With anecdotes that range from humorous to heartbreaking, Children of the Klondike paints a detailed picture of what it was like to grow up in a rough yet thriving northern frontier community
populated by lucky millionaires, down-and-out dreamers, scarlet women, and a few adventurous families.

Drawing on letters, journals, contemporary accounts, and memoirs, Frances Backhouse has compiled a detailed look into the lives of the children that were either dragged along
or left behind in search of gold. Meet characters such as Daisy Mason, whose Tagish-Tlingit father, Skookum Jim, was one of the men who discovered gold on Rabbit Creek, sparking the Klondike stampede and changing her destiny forever, and the Snow siblings, who became the first non-Native children to cross the infamous Chilkoot Pass, nearly perishing in a blizzard
along the way.

Children of the Klondike is being released alongside the 15th Anniversary Edition of Frances Backhouse's first book Women of the Klondike. Since its publication 15 years ago the latter
has become a bestseller, with over 33,000 copies sold. -- Whitecap Books