College
College of Arts and Sciences
Major
English
Faculty Mentor
Tara Roth
Faculty Editor
Juan Reyes
Student Editor
Ella Grayzel
Abstract
Using the medium of historical fiction and grounded heavily in research of the historical setting, this creative work explores the economic hardship faced by Seattle in the late 1890s and the extreme impact the Klondike Gold Rush had on the city and its workers. The story illustrates the political, social, and economic factors that allowed the gold rush to capture the spirit of Seattle so fully, as well as showing the extent to which it transformed the city. The story of Tom is simply one imagined example of a very common experience in Seattle at that time. Economically desperate people viewed the Gold Rush as a way out, many leaving for the Klondike with no understanding of the dangers they would face and returning with very little or returning not at all.
Recommended Citation
Berman, Dylan
(2025)
"Gold Fever,"
SUURJ: Seattle University Undergraduate Research Journal: Vol. 9, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/suurj/vol9/iss1/8