| Alaska Women Write: Living, Laughing, and Loving on the Last Frontier Contributor(s): Stabenow, Dana (Editor), Riddles, Libby (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0970849389 ISBN-13: 9780970849380 Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA) OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2003 Annotation: Personal stories about Alaska too often are told by men. Not this time. Here are stories written from women such as Molly Heath, stranded with her children far from home after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake, and Janet McCart, whose eyes are opened working on the trans-Alaska pipeline. One of the first women to work as a deckhand on a tender is seen through her daughter's eyes. Another struggles to fly. Yet another falls in love with fishing. Sixteen women test their spirits against everything Alaska throws at them with laughter, tears, and courage. Journey's end finds them stronger and smarter than they thought they could be. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | American - General - Literary Collections | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 814 |
| LCCN: 2003105386 |
| Series: Alaska Book Adventures |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.06" W x 9" (0.60 lbs) 194 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Alaska - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Women were outnumbered 25 to 1 in the Klondike Gold Rush. Thousands more followed their men's dreams to Alaska in the century that followed. This created the myth that Alaska was a "man's country." Not surprisingly, this idea came from men. In "Alaska Women Write," women dispel the myth. They learn to fly, work on the pipeline, teach in the Bush, raft wild rivers, discover a love for sport-fishing, and tangle with moose and grizzly bears. These energetic, thoughtful, and very personal stories are written from the heart with passion, humor, self-discovery, and a love of the north. |