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Searching for Fannie Quigley: A Wilderness Life in the Shadow of Mount McKinley
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by Jane G. Haigh
Sales Rank: 102522
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Discount: 32 %
List Price: $19.95
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Cover Type: Paperback with 224 pages
Published by: Swallow PressEdition: 1st Edition June 5, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0804010978
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0804010979
Book Dimensions:
9.9 x 7 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 12.8 ounces
Product Review
“Without doubt, this is the definitive biography of Fannie Quigley, a quintessential Alaskan pioneer. Searching for Fannie Quigley is an important contribution to Alaskan history.”
—Sally Zanjani, author of Goldfield: The Last Gold Rush on the Western Frontier
Book Description
At the age of 27, Fannie Sedlacek left her Bohemian homestead in Nebraska to join the gold rush to the Klondike. From the Klondike to the Tanana, Fannie continued north, finally settling in Katishna near Mount McKinley. This woman, later known as Fannie Quigley, became a prospector who staked her own claims and a cook who ran a roadhouse. She hunted and trapped and thrived for nearly forty years in an environment that others found unbearable.
Her wilderness lifestyle inspired many of those who met her to record their impressions of this self-sufficient woman, who died in 1944. To many of the 700,000 annual visitors to Denali National Park she is a symbol of the enduring spirit of the original pioneers.
Searching for Fannie Quigley: A Wilderness Life in the Shadow of Mount McKinley goes beyond the mere biographical facts of this unique woman’s journey. It also tells historian Jane G. Haigh’s own story of tracking and tracing the many paths that Fannie Quigley’s intriguing life took. Uncovering remote clues, digging through archives, and listening to oral accounts from a wide array of sources, Haigh has fashioned this rich lode into a compelling narrative.
In Searching for Fannie Quigley, Haigh separates fact from fiction to reveal the true story of this highly mythologized pioneer woman.
Reader Reviews
As someone who doesn't live in Alaska and has no knowledge of the Gold Rush, I found "Searching for Fannie Quigley" to be a fascinating book. Jane Haigh manages to combine Fannie's personal story with historical background in a very readable way. I enjoyed the way the author interweaves her own account of "searching for Fannie" including driving around the Nebraskan homesteads where Fannie was born and searching for papers documenting Fannie's two marriages, numerous gold mine claims, and other information. The numerous photographs and maps greatly enhance the value of the book. I would recommend this biography to anyone who would enjoy reading about a remarkable pioneer woman and gaining an insight into an interesting slice of Alaskan history.
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