Martha Black
Subtitle: her story from the Dawson gold fields to the halls of Parliament
By: edited by Flo Whyard
Contributors: Whyard, Florence
Publisher: PR Services
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Whitehorse, Yukon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780978441807
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life; Gold discoveries; History; Biography; Gold mines and mining
Description: "Martha was an independent 32-year old when she headed for the Klondike in 1898. She endured the grueling Chilkoot Trail, traveled by boat down the Yukon River, and worked placer gold claims while living in a crude log cabin. She went on to become a successful businesswoman, owning a mining camp and managing a sawmill. At the age of 70, she was elected to the Canadian Parliament."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: "This book was originally published as 'My Ninety Years, ' a revised sequel to 'My Seventy Years.'"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: I am born; title: I am a young lady; title: The gold fever; title: The Trail of '98; title: Lake Bennett to Dawson; title: Dawson City in '98-'99; title: A wild winter in Dawson; title: I go out; title: Back to the Yukon; title: Dawson settles down; title: I become Mrs. George Black; title: Dawson on the wane; title: Gathering wild flowers for a railway; title: Chatelaine of Government House; title: I go to London; title: Overseas service; title: The Armistice is signed; title: Wife of the First Commoner; title: My "Career" begins at seventy!