TY - BOOK AU - Mayer,Melanie J. TI - Klondike women: true tales of the 1897-98 Gold Rush SN - 0804009260 (alk. paper) AV - F1095.K5 M29 1989 U1 - 971.9/1 20 PY - 1989/// CY - [Athens, Ohio] PB - Swallow Press/Ohio University Press KW - Women pioneers KW - Yukon KW - Klondike River Valley KW - Biography KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Pionnières KW - Klondike, Vallée du KW - Histoire KW - 19e siècle KW - Pionniers KW - Klondike River Valley (Yukon) KW - Gold discoveries KW - Northwest, Canadian KW - Description and travel KW - 1871-1905 KW - Klondike, Vallée du (Yukon) KW - Découvertes d'or KW - Nord-Ouest canadien KW - Descriptions et voyages KW - Alaska KW - 1896-1959 N1 - 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 N2 - Collects photographs and accounts of the adventures of women on the trails to the Klondike gold fields UR - http://www.archive.org/details/klondikewomentru00maye UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL2210843M ER -