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1 online resource (xxi, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Nebraska and the West -- Fannie the Hike: Dawson and the Klondike, 1898/1903 -- Walking out: from the Klondike to Alaska -- Into Kantishna -- Digging in: mining claims -- Hard rock: Quigley Ridge and Friday Creek -- Wilderness life: cooking and gardening -- The outdoor life: hunting and trapping -- Wilderness visitors -- Selling out -- Drifting apart |
| Summary |
"As a young woman, Fannie Sedlacek left her Bohemian homestead in Nebraska and joined the gold rush to the Klondike. From the Klondike, Fannie continued west to the Tanana, finally settling in Kantishna near Mount McKinley. This woman, later known as Fannie Quigley, became a prospector who staked her own claims and a cook who ran a roadhouse. She hunted and trapped and thrived for nearly forty years in an environment that others found unbearable." "Her wilderness lifestyle inspired many of those who met her to record their impressions of this self-sufficient woman, who died in 1944. To many of the hundreds of thousands of visitors to Denali National Park she is a symbol of the enduring spirit of the original pioneers." "Searching for Fannie Quigley: A Wilderness Life in the Shadow of Mount McKinley goes beyond the mere biographical facts of this unique woman's journey. It also tells historian Jane G. Haigh's own story of tracking and tracing the many paths that Fannie Quigley's life took. Uncovering remote clues, digging through archives, and listening to oral accounts from a wide array of sources, Haigh has fashioned this lode into a narrative. In Searching for Fannie Quigley, Haigh separates fact from fiction to reveal the true story of this highly mythologized pioneer woman."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-179) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Quigley, Fannie, 1871-1944.
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Quigley, Fannie, 1871-1944 fast |
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Women pioneers -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount, Region -- Biography
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Pioneers -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount, Region -- Biography
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Gold miners -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount, Region -- Biography
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount, Region
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Gold miners
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Gold mines and mining
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Manners and customs
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Pioneers
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Women pioneers
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McKinley, Mount, Region (Alaska) -- Biography
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McKinley, Mount, Region (Alaska) -- Social life and customs
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McKinley, Mount, Region (Alaska) -- Gold discoveries
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Kantishna River Region (Alaska) -- Biography
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Kantishna River Region (Alaska) -- Gold discoveries
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Alaska -- Mount Denali Region
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Biographies
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collective biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007000010 |
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