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History North America

King Con

The Story of Soapy Smith

by (author) Jane Haigh

Publisher
Friday 501 Media Ltd.
Initial publish date
Jan 2006
Category
North America
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780978036706
    Publish Date
    Jan 2006
    List Price
    $10.95

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When the Klondike Gold Rush began in 1897, Soapy Smith knew the tenderfeet headed for northern goldfields would be ripe for the picking, and chose raw, lawless Skagway as his headquarters. He built an empire that any Mafia don might envy. However, less than a year later, the town had had enough of Soapy. This is a rip-snorting portrait of the rise to power of a man without a conscience. It reveals the strong-arm robberies, bloody trail murders, illegitimate businesses, rigged card games, and garish, candle-lit honky tonks of the Gold Rush.

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