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The Floor of Heaven A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush

Howard Blum

It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often violent larger-than-life figures – gun-toting wanderers, trappers, prospectors, Indian fighters, cowboys, and lawmen –are now victims of their own success. They are heroes who’ve outlived th...

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The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

It was cited as a source of information about Soapy Smith, particularly his criminal activities and rise and fall in Skagway, Alaska.

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The games were rigged. The decks were stacked and the food was so unappetizing that it lay untouched until it turned a dingy gray similar to the color of the cliffs outside.

— Episode: 588 - Soapy Smith with Tom Cardy

Episode: 588 - Soapy Smith with Tom Cardy

It was cited as a source of information about Soapy Smith, particularly his criminal activities and rise and fall in Skagway, Alaska.

"

The games were rigged. The decks were stacked and the food was so unappetizing that it lay untouched until it turned a dingy gray similar to the color of the cliffs outside.

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