Two Women in the Klondike
by Mary E. Hitchcock

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When Mary Hitchcock heard about the discovery of gold in the Klondike in 1898, she left her privileged city life for the wilds of Alaska, planning to stake her own claims. She persuaded her friend Edith Van Buren to accompany her, and the two began preparations for “roughing it.” The “necessities” that they brought up the Yukon River to Dawson City, Canada included a portable bowling alley, and ice cream maker, a Great Dane named Ivan, and a full-sized circus tent.

Hitchcock relates the struggles, surprises, and pleasures of travelling in the late nineteenth century in her trademark style. She describes in diary from the people she met, and her impressions of rural Alaska and Dawson City. Invaluable for its detailed descriptions of manners, food, and personalities, Hitchcockís account of the Klondike Gold Rush is an outrageous adventure for general readers, armchair travellers, and anyone interested in the lives of American women in the late 1800s.

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Weight:	0.41 kg
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ISBN-10:	1552382354
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781552382356
Author:	Mary E. Hitchcock
Publisher:	University of Calgary Press Calgary, AB
Pages:	230 pp
Size/Dimensions:	6 x 9
Binding:	Paperback