A Woman Who Went To Alaska

MAY KELLOGG SULLIVAN

Publication: James H Earle & Company, 1902, Boston

First edition. 8vo. Green pictorial cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, silhouette in black on the front cover of dog musher and team, and photograph of the author also on the front cover, 392 pp., preface, illustrated from photographs, maps, chapter decorations. First edition of this astonishing memoir of a young California woman heading to the gold fields of the Yukon and Alaska territories. She describes her journey to Dawson during the Klondike gold rush, the rush to Nome, the hardships of travel in the Arctic regions, and everyday life in remote mining camps. The narrative recounts encounters with fellow travelers and prospectors, the experiences of four sisters who support themselves through laundry work in Dawson, rowdy saloon disturbances, winter life near a mission at Golovin Bay, and Sullivan’s own efforts to secure gold claims. Of particular interest are the many photographs she snapped with her Kodak camera. After visiting her family in Dawson City, and surviving blizzards, she returned to Seattle in 1901, and published this account the year after. This copy is from the library of former California State Librarian Gary Kurutz. Fine bright copy.