The Man Who Shot Dan McGrew

About the Book

Emerson Smith is a concert pianist, one of the world’s greatest.

Horribly injured in a carriage accident in San Francisco, his life is saved by Dan McGrew, who stops the runaway team.

As Emerson lies mending in the hospital, his wife, Louise, seeks out McGrew to thank him for his heroic act.  She soon finds herself entangled with the handsome gambler.

The love triangle that develops is played out against the backdrop of the early days of the Circle City Gold Rush and the rush to Dawson City in the Yukon Territory at the height of the greatest stampede in history, the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898.

About the Author

Emil Rasmussen first came to Alaska as a young man in October of 1957. In the years since, he has worked on projects from Norton Sound to Dutch Harbor, and from Haines to Fairbanks. For the past twelve years he has resided in the Copper River basin near the old lodge at Tonsina. His hobby is traveling around Alaska and northwestern Canada.