In the 1950s frenzied search for uranium, immigrants fleeing post-war Europe and job-seeking southerners flocked to an isolated northern mining town, joining the area’s First Nations and Métis. They found adventure, romance, tragedy, and a freedom never again to be equaled. Meanwhile, lamps made of uranium drill core sat in their homes and their children played at the tailings pond. Interviewed more than 50 years later, the residents said it was the best place they ever lived. "An impressive work of scholarship that illuminates an important part of Canada’s past." Kirkus Review Winner of a 2017 International Book Award Bronze Medalist for an IPPY (Independent Publishers Award) Shortlisted for Canadian Authors’ Fred Kerner Award Finalist for 2017 Whistler Independent Book Awards.