Mayer, Melanie J., 1945- Klondike women : : true tales of the 1897-98 Gold Rush / [electronic resource] / Melanie J. Mayer.. — [Athens, Ohio] : : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press,, c1989.. — xi, 267 p. : : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-257).

Gold rush beginnings -- Edmonton, the poor folk's way -- Steaming in via the all-water Yukon route -- Trekking the Chilkoot Trail -- Skagway, gold rush boomtown -- Packing on the White Pass Trail -- Shooting the Yukon headwaters' rapids -- Dawson, and then... -- Notes -- References -- Index.



Анотація:
Collects photographs and accounts of the adventures of women on the trails to the Klondike gold fields.

ISBN: 0804009260 (alk. paper) 9780804009263 (alk. paper) 0804009279 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780804009270 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 89033517

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 900054352

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women pioneers--Yukon--Klondike River Valley--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--Yukon--Klondike River Valley.
Pionnières--Histoire--Yukon--Klondike, Vallée du--19e siècle.
Pionniers--Histoire--Yukon--Klondike, Vallée du--19e siècle.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries.
Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel--1871-1905.
Klondike, Vallée du (Yukon)--Découvertes d'or.
Nord-Ouest canadien--Descriptions et voyages--1871-1905.
Alaska--Descriptions et voyages--1896-1959.

LC Class. No.: F1095.K5 / M29 1989

Dewey Class. No.: 971.9/1