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The leader sends off Daagoo, a tracker, and a few young warriors to locate the women. The weak group staggers away. But Daagoo picks up the scent of smoke, and before long they track down the women's camp. The two women at first do not trust the small group but Daagoo gives both of them his word: the men want peace with the two women.
The Oakland Tribune review also noted Wharton's claim that the Alaska Gold Rushes, as well as the earlier Klondike Gold Rush, were the "end of an era of independent individualism". [ 1 ] In a 1992 review of Wharton's later book, They Don't Speak Russian in Sitka , Jo McMeen of the Huntingdon Daily News described it as much less "stimulating ...
Ada Delutuk was born on May 10, 1898 or 1899, [1] [2] in the remote settlement of Spruce Creek, 8 mi (13 km) from Solomon, Alaska.Ada's father died of food poisoning when she was eight years old, and her mother sent her and her sister, Rita, to a Methodist mission school in Nome, Alaska.
It was first published in 1980. The book is about McGinniss' travels through Alaska for a year. [1] The book became a bestseller. [2] The Los Angeles Times called it a "vivid memoir." [3] McGinniss returned to the subject of Alaska in 2009 to write a biography about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah ...
Susan Howlet Butcher (December 26, 1954 – August 5, 2006) was an American dog musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years.
The Great Alone spent four weeks at number one on The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 2018, [4] and two weeks at number one on the Los Angeles Times hardcover fiction bestsellers list. [5] It was 17th on USA Today's 2018 year-end top 100 best-selling books list. [6] The novel won Best Historical Fiction at the 2018 Goodreads Choice ...
On March 20, 1985, Riddles won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, becoming the first woman to do so. She wrote three books about her adventures [2] [3] [4] and also became a professional speaker. [5] In 2007, her Iditarod Trail Race victory was inducted as a "Hall of Fame Moment" into the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. [6]
Pages in category "Books about Alaska" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alaska 1741–1953;