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Autore |
Brackbill Eleanor Phillips |
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Titolo |
The queen of heartbreak trail : the life and times of Harriet Smith Pullen, pioneering woman / / Eleanor Phillips Brackbill |
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Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women pioneers - Alaska - Skagway |
Pioneers - Alaska - Skagway |
Businesswomen - Alaska - Skagway |
Hotelkeepers - Alaska - Skagway |
Frontier and pioneer life - Alaska - Skagway |
Skagway (Alaska) Biography |
Alaska Gold discoveries |
Klondike River and Valley (Yukon) Gold discoveries |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Family Tree; Introduction; Chapter One: Queen of Heartbreak Trail; Chapter Two Wisconsin 1854-1869; Chapter Three Dakota 1869-1877; Chapter Four "Looking for Better Times"; Chapter Five Washington 1877-1881; Chapter Six Quillayute Country; Chapter Seven The Pullen Family 1881-1889; Chapter Eight The Quileutes; Chapter Nine La Push 1889-1897; Chapter Ten A Man with a Badge; Chapter Eleven Skagway 1897-1902; Chapter Twelve The Independent Entrepreneur; Chapter Thirteen The Pullen House; Chapter Fourteen New Century; Afterword; Appendix; Acknowledgments; Endnotes |
Selected SourcesIndex; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The true story of Harriet Smith Pullen, a Klondike Gold Rush pioneer who in 1897 landed in Skagway, Alaska, broke and alone. Newly independent and empowered, she became an entrepreneur, single- |
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