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.

Searching for Fannie Quigley: A Wilderness Life in the Shadow of Mount McKinley

Biographies & Memoirs

Haigh, Jane G.

Community & Culture

SWALLOW PRESS+

Dog lovers and history buffs will delight in this collection celebrating the beloved canines that offered companionship, protection, and hard work to their masters in the Far North.

Gold Rush Dogs

Murphy, Claire Rudolf

History

Alaska Northwest Books

These individual stories, vintage photographs, and historic memorabilia tell what life was like for the children who came North with their parents in search of gold.

Children of the Gold Rush

Children's Books

This fascinating collection of photographs of Alaska pioneer home interiors is a useful sourcebook for those who seek to identify authentic furnishings or styles, or to recreate them for museums, theatre sets, or private homes.

Alaska Pioneer Interiors: An Annotated Photographic File

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Univ of Alaska Pr

This book gathers the riveting stories of adventurous women-miners, madams, merchants, and mothers -- who went North during the gold rush era.

Gold Rush Women

Hillside Press

Dog lovers and history buffs will delight in this collection celebrating the beloved canines that offered companionship, protection, and hard work to their masters in the Far North.

Murphy, Claire Rudolph

It's 2040 and electrician Jazz returns to her college town in #NH now transformed with light rail anchoring a net-zero sustainable linear town and reconnects with her college love, architect Kisala, just as Hurricane Mitch is bearing down on the coast, where Kisala is helping Dan build a multimillion dollar solar house

Waiting for the Storm: A Green New Deal Novel

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Offers a collection of 125 archival photograhs to document the origins and establishment of one of America's greatest nature preserves.

Denali: Early Photographs of Our National Parks

Wolf Creek Books

Through photos and historical materials, this book provides a look at the challenges and adventures young children faced when brought by their families to the Yukon Territory in search of gold.

Biographies

UNKNO

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Searching for Fannie Quigley: A Wilderness Life in the Shadow of Mount McKinley

Searching for Fannie Quigley: A Wilderness Life in the Shadow of Mount McKinley

Gold Rush Dogs

Children of the Gold Rush

Alaska Pioneer Interiors: An Annotated Photographic File

Gold Rush Women

Gold Rush Dogs

Waiting for the Storm: A Green New Deal Novel

Denali: Early Photographs of Our National Parks

Children of the Gold Rush