Ben-My-Chree: the life and times and romance of a mountain couple

摘要

The image most of us have of the gold rush is of crude, unhygienic shacks, likely full of crude, unhygienic men. The Klondike does not conjure up images of beautiful country homes surrounded by English gardens full of peonies and delphiniums. Yet this is the sight that greeted guests to the mountain home of Otto and Kate Partridge, former Klon-dikers, who by all accounts were excellent gardeners, exceptional hosts, and utterly devoted to each other.