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Editorial Reviews - Klondike Gold Rush From the Publisher Chapters: Klondike, Yukon, Nome, Alaska, Skagway, Alaska, Ss Princess Sophia, White Pass and Yukon Route, Chilkoot Trail, Dawson City, Klondike Gold Rush, Robert W. Service, Northern, Chilkoot Trail Tramways, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Back to the Klondike, White Pass, Bonanza Creek, Keish, Forty Mile, Yukon, Taiya Inlet, Tr'ochëk, Taiya River, Canyon City, Yukon, Bennett Lake, Dalton Trail, King Solomon's Dome, City of Gold, Dyea, Alaska, Fort Selkirk, Yukon, the Shooting of Dan Mcgrew, Samuel Balto, Lindeman Lake, Bennett, British Columbia, Fraser, British Columbia, Glacier Camp, Chilkat Pass, the Chechahcos, Paris, Yukon. Excerpt: Back to the Klondike is a Donald Duck comic strip story written by Carl Barks in March 1953. Scrooge McDuck returns to Klondike where he has made his fortune, bringing Donald and the three nephews along, to find back gold he has left there.Don Rosa has stated that this is his favorite story, and has expanded greatly upon it with The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Chapter 8 and its sequels, 8B and 8C, along with other stories set in the time period. According to his notes in the LATOFSMD Companion, he enjoys telling this story because it captures Scrooge at his physical and mental peak. It also corresponds with the "center" of Scrooge's heroic journey, being the point where his life is decided.In its first printing, the story was cut from 32 to 27 pages, since the editors did not believe the bar fight and abduction scenes were appropriate for a Disney comic. Later, all cut art, except for a half page, was recovered and the story was published in its entirety in 1981 with the missing half page reconstructed by Carl Barks.Plot At the beginning of the story, Scrooge McDuck seems to be suffering from memory lapses to the point he can not even ... Synopsis Chapters: Klondike, Yukon, Nome, Alaska, Skagway, Alaska, Ss Princess Sophia, White Pas