The queen of heartbreak trail : the life and times of Harriet Smith Pullen, pioneering woman / / Eleanor Phillips Brackbill
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 979.8/03092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women pioneers - Alaska - Skagway |
| Pioneers - Alaska - Skagway | |
| Businesswomen - Alaska - Skagway | |
| Hotelkeepers - Alaska - Skagway | |
| Frontier and pioneer life - Alaska - Skagway | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Skagway (Alaska) Biography |
| Alaska Gold discoveries | |
| Klondike River and Valley (Yukon) Gold discoveries | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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-handedly hauling prospectors' provisions into the mountains where gold beckoned. As Skagway morphed into a tourist destination after the gold rush ended, she started the Pullen House, an acclaimed hotel, which she managed for fifty years"--Provided by publisher. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The queen of heartbreak trail |
| ISBN: | 1-4930-1914-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798033203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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