Klondike Women: True Tales of the 1897-1898 Gold Rush

by Melanie J. Mayer

Book Overview

Klondike Women is a compelling collection of historical photographs and first-hand accounts of the adventures, challenges, and disappointments of women on the trails to the Klondike gold fields. In the midst of a depression near the turn of the twentieth century, these women dared to act on the American dream. As they journeyed through the Northwest wilderness, they explored and extended not only the physical frontiers of North America but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804009279
• ISBN13: 9780804009270
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Klondike Women: The story of women with cajones!

I really loved this book. I bought it in conjunction with a research project about Nellie Cashman, longtime resident of Arizona and one of American's earliest female mining experts. The details about the trials and tribulations of these people (women and men) are extrodinary. The author has really done her homework. She tries to tell the story of the Klondike by illustrating the trails with diary entries, personal accounts and contemporary pictures. I think she succeeds in doing just that and more. I recommend this book to anyone interested in Western history, in Mining history or even in Women's Studies. GOOD BOOK! BUY ME NOW! :)