The Resource Gold rush in the Klondike : a woman's journey in 1898-99, Josephine Knowles
Gold rush in the Klondike : a woman's journey in 1898-99, Josephine Knowles
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The item Gold rush in the Klondike : a woman's journey in 1898-99, Josephine Knowles represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
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- Summary
- "When Josephine Knowles left for the Klondike gold fields with her husband in 1898, she didn't know she would be facing a constant battle with cold, disease, malnutrition, and the ever-present possibility of death. With quiet determination, she resolved to survive, to endure each fresh hardship without complaint, and to be of service to the community around her. "Gold Rush in the Klondike" is Knowles's true story of her year in the Yukon territory, a revealing, never-before-published personal memoir of day-to-day life at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush. Written in a clear, forthright, nineteenth-century style, "Gold Rush in the Klondike" presents terrifying struggles against a hostile environment, picturesque descriptions of an untouched Arctic wilderness, and Knowles's keen observations of men and women on the frontier. A Victorian gentlewoman of refinement, Knowles found herself among swearing, whoring, sometimes violent miners, whom she won over with her grit and compassion. Deciding to never moralize or condemn, Knowles writes frankly of the intense hardships that drove miners into lives of drink and dissipation and the frontier women who were forced to make stark choices between prostitution and starvation."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 172 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Our search for gold begins
- Off to the Yukon
- Almost a disaster
- The ways of a brute
- Rapids on the way to Louse Town
- Dawson
- Disease
- Slumming in Dawson
- Hardships at the mines
- Spring drives away the darkness
- The hazardous voyage home
- Appendix
- Biography of Josephine Knowles
- Isbn
- 9781610352703
- Label
- Gold rush in the Klondike : a woman's journey in 1898-99
- Title
- Gold rush in the Klondike
- Title remainder
- a woman's journey in 1898-99
- Statement of responsibility
- Josephine Knowles
- Subject
-
- Gold miners -- Yukon | Klondike River Valley -- Biography
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries -- Anecdotes
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Social life and customs
- Knowles family
- Knowles, Josephine, 1864-1936
- London, Jack, 1876-1916 -- Friends and associates
- Autobiographies
- Women adventurers -- Yukon | Klondike River Valley -- Biography
- Women pioneers -- Yukon | Klondike River Valley -- Biography
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Biography
- Dawson (Yukon) -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When Josephine Knowles left for the Klondike gold fields with her husband in 1898, she didn't know she would be facing a constant battle with cold, disease, malnutrition, and the ever-present possibility of death. With quiet determination, she resolved to survive, to endure each fresh hardship without complaint, and to be of service to the community around her. "Gold Rush in the Klondike" is Knowles's true story of her year in the Yukon territory, a revealing, never-before-published personal memoir of day-to-day life at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush. Written in a clear, forthright, nineteenth-century style, "Gold Rush in the Klondike" presents terrifying struggles against a hostile environment, picturesque descriptions of an untouched Arctic wilderness, and Knowles's keen observations of men and women on the frontier. A Victorian gentlewoman of refinement, Knowles found herself among swearing, whoring, sometimes violent miners, whom she won over with her grit and compassion. Deciding to never moralize or condemn, Knowles writes frankly of the intense hardships that drove miners into lives of drink and dissipation and the frontier women who were forced to make stark choices between prostitution and starvation."--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1864-1936
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Knowles, Josephine
- Dewey number
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- 971.9/102092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F1095.K5
- LC item number
- K59 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Knowles, Josephine
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon)
- Women pioneers
- Women adventurers
- Gold miners
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon)
- Knowles family
- London, Jack
- Dawson (Yukon)
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Gold rush in the Klondike : a woman's journey in 1898-99, Josephine Knowles
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Our search for gold begins -- Off to the Yukon -- Almost a disaster -- The ways of a brute -- Rapids on the way to Louse Town -- Dawson -- Disease -- Slumming in Dawson -- Hardships at the mines -- Spring drives away the darkness -- The hazardous voyage home -- Appendix -- Biography of Josephine Knowles
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 172 pages
- Isbn
- 9781610352703
- Lccn
- 2016021323
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 928111805
- (OCoLC)928111805
- Label
- Gold rush in the Klondike : a woman's journey in 1898-99, Josephine Knowles
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Our search for gold begins -- Off to the Yukon -- Almost a disaster -- The ways of a brute -- Rapids on the way to Louse Town -- Dawson -- Disease -- Slumming in Dawson -- Hardships at the mines -- Spring drives away the darkness -- The hazardous voyage home -- Appendix -- Biography of Josephine Knowles
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 172 pages
- Isbn
- 9781610352703
- Lccn
- 2016021323
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 928111805
- (OCoLC)928111805
Subject
- Gold miners -- Yukon | Klondike River Valley -- Biography
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries -- Anecdotes
- Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Social life and customs
- Knowles family
- Knowles, Josephine, 1864-1936
- London, Jack, 1876-1916 -- Friends and associates
- Autobiographies
- Women adventurers -- Yukon | Klondike River Valley -- Biography
- Women pioneers -- Yukon | Klondike River Valley -- Biography
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Biography
- Dawson (Yukon) -- Biography
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