A lady of the Klondike gold rush, she ended up in Alaska in the late 1890s and lived a tough life there in the wilderness. She grew up in a large poor family in NE and believed to follow the trains west before going to Alaska. This is a true history book in that the author has done & shows the research. The subject is not well known now but in the early 1900s to 1940s she ended up in some magazine articles now & then. After following the gold a couple times she settled near Mt McKinley and became a stopping point for people visiting the mountain. Her hard life & hard way of living by a woman at the time was something that amazed the visitors. A really good & interesting read.
I have already posted it on PBS, there was 1 WL so hopefully I can mail off later this week.
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