Bibliograph

The Queen of Heartbreak Trail, the life and times of Harriet Smith Pullen, pioneering woman, Eleanor Phillips Brackbill

Type

Label

The Queen of Heartbreak Trail, the life and times of Harriet Smith Pullen, pioneering woman, Eleanor Phillips Brackbill

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

portraitsmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Queen of Heartbreak Trail

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

919014993

Responsibility statement

Eleanor Phillips Brackbill

Sub title

the life and times of Harriet Smith Pullen, pioneering woman

Summary

"The true story of Harriet Smith Pullen, a Klondike Gold Rush pioneer who in 1897 landed in Skagway, Alaska, broke and alone. Newly independent and empowered, she became an entrepreneur, single-handedly hauling prospectors' provisions into the mountains where gold beckoned. As Skagway morphed into a tourist destination after the gold rush ended, she started the Pullen House, an acclaimed hotel, which she managed for fifty years"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Maps and family trees -- Queen of Heartbreak Trail -- Wisconsin, 1854-1869 -- Dakota, 1869-1877 -- "Looking for better times" -- Washington, 1877-1881 -- Quillayute country -- The Pullen family, 1881-1889 -- The Quileutes -- La Push, 1889-1897 -- A man with a badge -- Skagway, 1897-1902 -- The independent entrepreneur -- The Pullen House -- New century -- Afterword: Solid gold -- Appendix: A storied woman

Target audience

adult

Classification