Two women in the Klondike
By: by Mary E. Hitchcock ; introduction by Terrence Cole.
Series: Classic reprint series ;; no. 9; Classic reprint series (Fairbanks, Alaska) ;; no. 9.
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Fairbanks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9781889963686
Subjects: Hitchcock, Mary E. 1849-1920; Castelmenardo, Edith Van Buren, contessa, d. 1914; Women pioneers -- Yukon Territory -- Klondike River Valley -- Biography; Women pioneers -- Alaska -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- Yukon Territory -- Klondike River Valley; Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska; Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries; Alaska -- Gold discoveries; Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Biography; Alaska -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This volume is an abridgement of the original 1899 edition."
Table of contents: title: Ho for the land of gold!; title: With malice towards none; title: Land in sight!; title: St. Michaels; title: A trial of patience; title: We meet old friends; title: Transferred at last; title: We hear the signal; title: Up the Yukon; title: Discomfort of barge life; title: Nearing our destination; title: The promised land; title: We become squatters; title: The "sick boy"; title: Our first dinner in Dawson; title: We become "free miners"; title: Visiting mines with a Klondike king; title: Our man Friday; title: Isaacs, the irrepressible; title: Our helpful neighbours; title: A new scheme; title: The rideout at last; title: Trials of building; title: Business propositions; title: A new experience; title: In the new home at last; title: A series of disappointments; title: Adieu to Dawson; title: The race with the Domville; title: The first portage; title: The Skaguay Pass; title: A day in Sitka; title: Killisnoo; title: Farewell to Alaska.