The Clara Nevada: Gold, Greed, Murder and Alaska's Inside Passage

by Steven C. Levi

Book Overview

February 5, 1898. Witnesses report a giant orange fireball reflected in the glacial waters of Alaska's Lynn Canal. At the height of Klondike gold fever, the Clara Nevada disappeared into an epic storm" taking passengers and priceless cargo with her. Was the explosion an accident or a robbery gone wrong? Did Captain C.H. Lewis make off with $165,000 ($13.6 million in today's currency) in raw gold? Or was the sinking a case of a sea-weary steamer meeting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609492889
• ISBN13: 9781609492885
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"