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Two Women in the Klondike (CLASSIC REPRINT SERIES)

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Two Women within the Klondike created a sensation when it was once first published in 1899. The concept that two well-bred socialites could live on the dangers of the north thrilled nineteenth-century readers from San Francisco to New York.

When Mary Hitchcock heard in regards to the discovery of gold within 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 2 started preparations for “roughing it.” The “necessities” that they brought up the Yukon River to Dawson City, Canada, included a portable bowling alley, an ice cream maker, a Great Dane named Ivan, and a full-size circus tent.

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

This new, abridged version features a map of Hitchcock’s northern travels and an introduction by Terrence Cole, professor of history on the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

 

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