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May Kellogg Sullivan
The Trail of a Sourdough
Life in Alaska
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066209636
Table of Contents
PREFACE
This little book is my second Brain-child. The first, entitled "A Woman Who Went to Alaska," has been so cordially received by the reading public that I have been induced to send another in its footsteps. It is with great pleasure and perfect confidence that I do this.
To my Alaskan readers it is unnecessary to state that these little tales are deduced from every day life, as they are easily recognizable. To those not yet favored by a residence in this Northland I would say that I have written each tale with a well defined purpose. With truthfulness could each one have been more vividly, yes startlingly, told; but I have no wish to unduly disturb my readers. It has been my aim, however, to picture not only character, but also the vast and wonderful gold producing region, so plainly that even the young may better know Alaska, and learn somewhat from glimpses of the trials, privations and successes of its early pioneers.
To these last Trail-blazers no "Chee-chako" can ever do justice. Their courage, bravery, patience under difficulties, and stoicism under severe trial can never be properly appreciated except by their fellow sufferers.
My readers will find in the book much of the folklore and a touch of the mysticism so common to all people of the northland.
Counting myself one of the least among them I have been a witness to their struggles and triumphs, and for this reason I do most heartily dedicate this little book to the memory of each horny-handed pack-laden miner "musher" who has ever lifted a finger to assist, encourage, or strengthen the author of The Trail of a Sourdough.
The name of these helpers is Legion. That their cabins may be warm and roomy, winter dumps high and numerous, sluice boxes filled with nuggets, and lives long and happy is the earnest wish of
May Kellogg Sullivan
ILLUSTRATIONS
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| The Heart of Alaska in Winter | frontispiece |
| A Huskie | 21 |
| Dressed in his fresh miner's rig | 25 |
| A welcome shelter | 43 |
| The scene on shore was a repetition of that on the neighboring beach at Skagway | 51 |
| A Messenger of cheer | 80 |
| Panning out | 105 |
| Upon his mother's back, beneath her parkie | 115 |
| The little one clinging tightly to her hand she approached the door | 121 |
| The pretty woman was a full-blooded Eskimo | 138 |
| Poling up the river | 171 |
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When Old Tillie was Young
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