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Gold rush women  Cover Image Book Book

Gold rush women / Claire Rudolf Murphy & Jane G. Haigh.

Murphy, Claire Rudolf. (Author). Haigh, Jane G. (Added Author).

Summary:

This book gathers the riveting stories of adventurous women-miners, madams, merchants, and mothers -- who went North during the gold rush era.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780962753053 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Second edition.
  • Publisher: Kenai, Alaska : Hillside Press, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Map of Alaska and the Yukon -- Introduction: Women in the North -- 1. Gold in the Yukon Basin: Wilderness communities -- 2. Klondike discovery: The Great Gold Rush -- 3. Dawson City: Opportunity knocks -- 4. Beyond the Klondike: Rampart and Nome -- 5. Gold in the interior: Women pave the way -- Notes -- Further reading -- Photo credits -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors.
Subject: Women pioneers > Yukon > Klondike River Valley > History.
Women pioneers > Alaska > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > Yukon > Klondike RIver Valley.
Frontier and pioneer life > Alaska.
Klondike River Valley (Yukon) > Gold discoveries.
Alaska > History > 1867-1959.
Topic Heading: Aboriginal
First Nations

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sitka.

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Thompson Campus Library F 1095 .K5 M87 2012 (Text) 58500000872838 Stacks Volume hold Available -


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