Author: T. Ann Brennan
Publisher: Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The story of Katherine Ryan, born in Johnville, New Brunswick in 1869, and who joined the Yukon Gold Rush in 1898. Nicknamed "Klondike Kate", she was the first female member of the North West Mounted Police, one of the first women to walk the Stikine Trail, and an early suffragette and important political figure in the North.
The Real Klondike Kate
Author: T. Ann Brennan
Publisher: Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The story of Katherine Ryan, born in Johnville, New Brunswick in 1869, and who joined the Yukon Gold Rush in 1898. Nicknamed "Klondike Kate", she was the first female member of the North West Mounted Police, one of the first women to walk the Stikine Trail, and an early suffragette and important political figure in the North.
Publisher: Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The story of Katherine Ryan, born in Johnville, New Brunswick in 1869, and who joined the Yukon Gold Rush in 1898. Nicknamed "Klondike Kate", she was the first female member of the North West Mounted Police, one of the first women to walk the Stikine Trail, and an early suffragette and important political figure in the North.
Klondike Kate
Author: Ellis Lucia
Publisher: New York : Hastings House
ISBN:
Category : Klondike River Valley (Yukon)
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Life and legend of Kitty Rockwell, dance-hall girl of the Yukon.
Publisher: New York : Hastings House
ISBN:
Category : Klondike River Valley (Yukon)
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Life and legend of Kitty Rockwell, dance-hall girl of the Yukon.
Women of the Klondike
Author: Frances Backhouse
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN:
Category : Gold miners
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Here are the stories of those fascinatingly diverse women -- entrepreneurs, domestics, nuns, doctors, nurses, and journalists -- who played a critical role in the Klondike gold rush at the turn of the century.
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN:
Category : Gold miners
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Here are the stories of those fascinatingly diverse women -- entrepreneurs, domestics, nuns, doctors, nurses, and journalists -- who played a critical role in the Klondike gold rush at the turn of the century.
The Nature of Gold
Author: Kathryn Morse
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295989874
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
In 1896, a small group of prospectors discovered a stunningly rich pocket of gold at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, and in the following two years thousands of individuals traveled to the area, hoping to find wealth in a rugged and challenging setting. Ever since that time, the Klondike Gold Rush - especially as portrayed in photographs of long lines of gold seekers marching up Chilkoot Pass - has had a hold on the popular imagination. In this first environmental history of the gold rush, Kathryn Morse describes how the miners got to the Klondike, the mining technologies they employed, and the complex networks by which they obtained food, clothing, and tools. She looks at the political and economic debates surrounding the valuation of gold and the emerging industrial economy that exploited its extraction in Alaska, and explores the ways in which a web of connections among America’s transportation, supply, and marketing industries linked miners to other industrial and agricultural laborers across the country. The profound economic and cultural transformations that supported the Alaska-Yukon gold rush ultimately reverberate to modern times. The story Morse tells is often narrated through the diaries and letters of the miners themselves. The daunting challenges of traveling, working, and surviving in the raw wilderness are illustrated not only by the miners’ compelling accounts but by newspaper reports and advertisements. Seattle played a key role as “gateway to the Klondike.” A public relations campaign lured potential miners to the West and local businesses seized the opportunity to make large profits while thousands of gold seekers streamed through Seattle. The drama of the miners’ journeys north, their trials along the gold creeks, and their encounters with an extreme climate will appeal not only to scholars of the western environment and of late-19th-century industrialism, but to readers interested in reliving the vivid adventure of the West’s last great gold rush.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295989874
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
In 1896, a small group of prospectors discovered a stunningly rich pocket of gold at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, and in the following two years thousands of individuals traveled to the area, hoping to find wealth in a rugged and challenging setting. Ever since that time, the Klondike Gold Rush - especially as portrayed in photographs of long lines of gold seekers marching up Chilkoot Pass - has had a hold on the popular imagination. In this first environmental history of the gold rush, Kathryn Morse describes how the miners got to the Klondike, the mining technologies they employed, and the complex networks by which they obtained food, clothing, and tools. She looks at the political and economic debates surrounding the valuation of gold and the emerging industrial economy that exploited its extraction in Alaska, and explores the ways in which a web of connections among America’s transportation, supply, and marketing industries linked miners to other industrial and agricultural laborers across the country. The profound economic and cultural transformations that supported the Alaska-Yukon gold rush ultimately reverberate to modern times. The story Morse tells is often narrated through the diaries and letters of the miners themselves. The daunting challenges of traveling, working, and surviving in the raw wilderness are illustrated not only by the miners’ compelling accounts but by newspaper reports and advertisements. Seattle played a key role as “gateway to the Klondike.” A public relations campaign lured potential miners to the West and local businesses seized the opportunity to make large profits while thousands of gold seekers streamed through Seattle. The drama of the miners’ journeys north, their trials along the gold creeks, and their encounters with an extreme climate will appeal not only to scholars of the western environment and of late-19th-century industrialism, but to readers interested in reliving the vivid adventure of the West’s last great gold rush.
Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush
Author: Lael Morgan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Morgan offers an authentic and deliciously humorous account of the prostitutes and other "disreputable" women who were the earliest female pioneers of the Far North.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Morgan offers an authentic and deliciously humorous account of the prostitutes and other "disreputable" women who were the earliest female pioneers of the Far North.
Songs of a Sourdough
Author: Robert William Service
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015403338
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015403338
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
LIFE
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
American Zeus
Author: Taso G. Lagos
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476630372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Alexander Pantages was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. in the 1880s, after contracting malaria in Panama. He opened his first motion picture theater in 1902 and went on to build one of the largest and most important independently-owned theater chains in the country. At the height of the Pantages Theaters' reach, he owned or operated 78 theaters across the U.S. and Canada. He amassed a fortune, yet he could not read or write English. In 1929 he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old dancer--a scandal that destroyed his empire and reduced him to a pariah. The day his grandest theater, the Pantages Hollywood, opened in 1930, he lay sick in a jailhouse infirmary. His conviction was overturned a year later after an appeal to the California State Supreme Court, but the question remains: How should history judge this theater pioneer, wealthy magnate and embodiment of the American Dream?
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476630372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Alexander Pantages was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. in the 1880s, after contracting malaria in Panama. He opened his first motion picture theater in 1902 and went on to build one of the largest and most important independently-owned theater chains in the country. At the height of the Pantages Theaters' reach, he owned or operated 78 theaters across the U.S. and Canada. He amassed a fortune, yet he could not read or write English. In 1929 he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old dancer--a scandal that destroyed his empire and reduced him to a pariah. The day his grandest theater, the Pantages Hollywood, opened in 1930, he lay sick in a jailhouse infirmary. His conviction was overturned a year later after an appeal to the California State Supreme Court, but the question remains: How should history judge this theater pioneer, wealthy magnate and embodiment of the American Dream?
Savage Detours
Author: Lisa Morton
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786457066
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This is the first book-length study of the career and life of Ann Savage, whose performance in Detour earned her a place in Time Magazine's list of the top 10 greatest movie villains. The biography covers her abused childhood and her career as a studio contract player, pin-up queen, B movie star, jetsetter and award-winning aviatrix. A complete annotated filmography with release date, credits, cast, synopsis and commentary for each of her films is included.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786457066
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This is the first book-length study of the career and life of Ann Savage, whose performance in Detour earned her a place in Time Magazine's list of the top 10 greatest movie villains. The biography covers her abused childhood and her career as a studio contract player, pin-up queen, B movie star, jetsetter and award-winning aviatrix. A complete annotated filmography with release date, credits, cast, synopsis and commentary for each of her films is included.
In The Footsteps of My Father
Author: Sheldon Gebb
Publisher: Publication Consultants
ISBN: 1594332487
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Live life in the Alaska and the Yukon more than one hundred years ago through my father's diary, which details the hard work, frustrations and horseplay in the development of Guggenheim's mammoth gold dredge mining operation. Ponder his decision to quit a comfortable job as a mining engineer to venture 60 miles east of Dawson City with the King of the Klondike to endure, without fear, the coldest winter on record averaging minus 50 degrees. Question through his words the unsuccessful digging of a mine shaft through frozen ground ending with the comment, “April Fool's Day. We're down 160 feet in the shaft and no gold. April Fools proper-that is what we are. We are up against the fact we can remain no longer. We have no grub.” Experience his comical adventures as a bear hunter finally giving up to seek employment at the Kennecott Copper Mine; electing to cross the largest ice fields in North America alone, guided by instinct, with only a woman's robe and a tarp for warmth.
Publisher: Publication Consultants
ISBN: 1594332487
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Live life in the Alaska and the Yukon more than one hundred years ago through my father's diary, which details the hard work, frustrations and horseplay in the development of Guggenheim's mammoth gold dredge mining operation. Ponder his decision to quit a comfortable job as a mining engineer to venture 60 miles east of Dawson City with the King of the Klondike to endure, without fear, the coldest winter on record averaging minus 50 degrees. Question through his words the unsuccessful digging of a mine shaft through frozen ground ending with the comment, “April Fool's Day. We're down 160 feet in the shaft and no gold. April Fools proper-that is what we are. We are up against the fact we can remain no longer. We have no grub.” Experience his comical adventures as a bear hunter finally giving up to seek employment at the Kennecott Copper Mine; electing to cross the largest ice fields in North America alone, guided by instinct, with only a woman's robe and a tarp for warmth.