Black Sand and Gold.
New York: Vantage Press, 1956. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Very Good plus, unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear. This is the true first edition of this personal account of the Alaska gold rush era. Ed Lung was a young accountant in Tacoma, Washington when he heard that gold was found in the Klondike and set out to find his fortune. His diary of that search informs this first-hand account that is Black Sand and Gold. Lung paints a vivid picture of Dawson at the height of its prosperity with its gamblers, prostitutes, cutthroats, Indians, Mounties and desperadoes. Item #27515
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