Author: Cheryl Fair
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476679274
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
In May 1891, Joe Quigley embarked on a journey north to try his luck prospecting for gold in Alaska. Although he had been wandering across America since leaving home at 15, this would be the biggest adventure, and the biggest risk, Quigley had ever taken. A project that began as genealogical research into a family's history, this biography traces the life of a fascinating character before, during and after the great Klondike gold rush. Deeply researched, including quotes from Quigley and numerous photographs, this book is more than another tale of the Klondike Gold Rush. It is an intimate look at the inspiring life of a pioneer prospector, who witnessed the exploration and development of one of America's most harsh, beautiful and captivating landscapes.
Joe Quigley, Alaska Pioneer
Author: Cheryl Fair
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476679274
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
In May 1891, Joe Quigley embarked on a journey north to try his luck prospecting for gold in Alaska. Although he had been wandering across America since leaving home at 15, this would be the biggest adventure, and the biggest risk, Quigley had ever taken. A project that began as genealogical research into a family's history, this biography traces the life of a fascinating character before, during and after the great Klondike gold rush. Deeply researched, including quotes from Quigley and numerous photographs, this book is more than another tale of the Klondike Gold Rush. It is an intimate look at the inspiring life of a pioneer prospector, who witnessed the exploration and development of one of America's most harsh, beautiful and captivating landscapes.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476679274
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
In May 1891, Joe Quigley embarked on a journey north to try his luck prospecting for gold in Alaska. Although he had been wandering across America since leaving home at 15, this would be the biggest adventure, and the biggest risk, Quigley had ever taken. A project that began as genealogical research into a family's history, this biography traces the life of a fascinating character before, during and after the great Klondike gold rush. Deeply researched, including quotes from Quigley and numerous photographs, this book is more than another tale of the Klondike Gold Rush. It is an intimate look at the inspiring life of a pioneer prospector, who witnessed the exploration and development of one of America's most harsh, beautiful and captivating landscapes.
The Alaska Pioneer
Author: Edyth Tozier-Weatherred
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
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Category : Alaska
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The Alaska Pioneer
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Alaska Pioneer's Home
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Last Letters from Attu
Author: Mary Breu
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 0882408526
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was a school teacher whose life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when the Japanese military invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war. Etta and her sister moved to the Territory of Alaska in 1922. She planned to stay only one year as a vacation, but this 40 something year old nurse from back east met Foster Jones and fell in love. They married and for nearly twenty years they lived, worked and taught in remote Athabascan, Alutiiq, Yup’ik and Aleut villages where they were the only outsiders. Their last assignment was Attu. After the invasion, Etta became a prisoner of war and spent 39 months in Japanese POW sites located in Yokohama and Totsuka. She was the first female Caucasian taken prisoner by a foreign enemy on the North American Continent since the War of 1812, and she was the first American female released by the Japanese at the end of World War II. Using descriptive letters that she penned herself, her unpublished manuscript, historical documents and personal interviews with key people who were involved with events as they happened, her extraordinary story is told for the first time in this book.
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 0882408526
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was a school teacher whose life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when the Japanese military invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war. Etta and her sister moved to the Territory of Alaska in 1922. She planned to stay only one year as a vacation, but this 40 something year old nurse from back east met Foster Jones and fell in love. They married and for nearly twenty years they lived, worked and taught in remote Athabascan, Alutiiq, Yup’ik and Aleut villages where they were the only outsiders. Their last assignment was Attu. After the invasion, Etta became a prisoner of war and spent 39 months in Japanese POW sites located in Yokohama and Totsuka. She was the first female Caucasian taken prisoner by a foreign enemy on the North American Continent since the War of 1812, and she was the first American female released by the Japanese at the end of World War II. Using descriptive letters that she penned herself, her unpublished manuscript, historical documents and personal interviews with key people who were involved with events as they happened, her extraordinary story is told for the first time in this book.
Alaska
Author: Luree Miller
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
ISBN: 9780525650508
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Explores the epic struggle of Alaska pioneer families and their quest to exploit and develop the resources of America's great bastion to the North.
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
ISBN: 9780525650508
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Explores the epic struggle of Alaska pioneer families and their quest to exploit and develop the resources of America's great bastion to the North.
Report of the Alaska Pioneers' Home
Author: Pioneers' home (Sitka, Alaska)
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Category : Pioneers
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Category : Pioneers
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Alaska Pioneer Series
Author: Diane F. Wood
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ISBN: 9781886921061
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Bear Wrangler
Author: Will Troyer
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602231214
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Beginning in 1951, Will Troyer embarked on a thirty-year career with the U.S. Department of the Interior that included positions such as fish and game warden and manager of the Kodiak Island brown bear preserve. Troyer’s engaging prose affirms his passionate connection to the natural world, as he describes experiences such as being in the midst of a herd of 40,000 caribou. Bear Wrangler is an absorbing tale of one man’s experience as an authentic pioneer in the last vestiges of American wilderness.
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602231214
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Beginning in 1951, Will Troyer embarked on a thirty-year career with the U.S. Department of the Interior that included positions such as fish and game warden and manager of the Kodiak Island brown bear preserve. Troyer’s engaging prose affirms his passionate connection to the natural world, as he describes experiences such as being in the midst of a herd of 40,000 caribou. Bear Wrangler is an absorbing tale of one man’s experience as an authentic pioneer in the last vestiges of American wilderness.
Alaska
Author: Norma Spring
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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