The Life and Travels of a Pioneer Woman in Alaska
Colorado Springs: Privately Printed, (1945). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 136. Illustrated with several b&w reproductions of paintings of Alaskan scenery; b&w photos. Green cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. Printed at the Caxton Printers in Caldwell, Idaho. Gilt from spine is worn away. Lacking the ffep. Despite detracting qualities, book is solid and presentable. Good. Item #21
First person account of hardship and historic notes from a woman who began life in Chicago and, after years in Alaska, retired to Seattle. According to the Alaska Bib., contents were reprinted as "A Pioneer Woman in Alaska" in 1948, with slight changes to chapters five and six, and an additional plate added. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY, 14804 (passim); RICKS, p. 186; SMITH, 8761;.
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