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As the depression of 1893 worsened, many began seeking a new life. By 1895, hundreds of banks and thousands of businesses had gone under. As the stock market collapsed, jobs became scarce, and the value of the dollar declined. In 1894, Bill Schooley, with two childhood friends, Lafe and Frank Coleman, began mining for gold in Alaska. Three years later, when Bill was twenty-three, the trio had prospered enough to sell their claims and return home to Missouri to start new lives. At first, they were excited about reuniting with family, but word of gold in the Klondike drew them back north. This story brings to life William Mace Schooley's personal diary including significant events along the Chilkoot Trail. While Bill experienced an adventure that goes well beyond what he endured earlier as a seasoned miner, his family undergoes an unexpected fallout from his long-awaited return. Taking the most direct passage into the Yukon, through the Chilkoot Pass, Schooley encounters high winds and freezing temperatures. He crosses paths with conmen, thieves and crooked gamblers, and experiences the dangers of avalanches, illnesses, rough seas and treacherous rapids, all in the hope of finding more gold. Of the thousands of would-be miners who headed down the Yukon River toward Dawson, only about one third made it that far, and even fewer struck a decent claim. This trio were some of the few who succeeded.

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Mace Brady taught writing and history at the secondary level where he developed a strong desire to personalize history and bring it to life. The book, Caught in the Rush, shows the events that his grandfather encountered while prospecting in the north. Using his grandfather's diary-one of the most prominently quoted diaries of the Klondike goldrush-Brady tells a story that helps the reader grasp the prospector's adventure.After serving in the US Army, Brady published his first book, Supreme Truth (found on Amazon.com) that was based on real events, terrorist attacks in Japan. Throughout his military career, Colonel Brady held multiple positions, such as battalion commander, commandant of US Army Reserve Forces schools and Washington state's emergency preparedness liaison officer.His interest and skill in writing stems from teaching in Washington state's public schools as well as the 6th US Army Area Intelligence School. He is twice retired after 32 years teaching and 30 years in the army reserves. Mace and his wife reside in Seattle's greater metropolitan area

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