Staking Her Claim: The Life of Belinda Mulrooney, Klondike and Alaska Entrepreneur
by Mayer, Melanie J. & DeArmond, R. N.

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Staking Her Claim: The Life of Belinda Mulrooney, Klondike and Alaska Entrepreneur: If Horatio Alger had imagined a female heroine in the same mold as one of the young male heroes in his rags-to-riches stories, she would have looked like Belinda Mulrooney. Smart, ambitious, competitive, and courageous, Belinda Mulrooney was destined through her legendary pioneering in the wilds of the Yukon basin to found towns and businesses. She built two fortunes, supported her family, was an ally to other working women, and triumphed in what was considered a man's world.

Staking Her Claim is a faithful and – as far as can be told – comprehensive portrait of a unique character who was suited by ability and temperament to meet head-on the challenge of the North American frontier. Belinda's astonishing life story parallels the dynamic era of which she was a part.

Like any good Horatio Alger hero, Belinda overcame the challenges that confronted her, including poverty, prejudice, a lack of schooling, and the early loss of her parents. Her travels took her from her native Ireland as a young girl to a coal town in Pennsylvania, to the Chicago Exposition of 1893, to San Francisco, to Alaska, to the Yukon gold rush, and to Paris.

Staking Her Claim is a testament to the human spirit and to the frontier experience. It is a sweeping saga of determination and will, tempered by disaster and opportunity.

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Weight:	0.96 kg
Price:	CDN$ 59.95 (US$ 58.34)

ISBN-10:	0804010226
ISBN-13/EAN:	9780804010221
Author:	Mayer, Melanie J. & DeArmond, R. N.
Publisher:	Ohio University Press Athens, Ohio
Publication Date:	1/2000
Pages:	415 pages
Size/Dimensions:	1.25 x 7.0 x 10.0 inches
Binding:	Paperback

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Staking Her Claim: The Life of Belinda Mulrooney, Klondike and Alaska Entrepreneurby Mayer, Melanie J. & DeArmond, R. N.

Staking Her Claim: The Life of Belinda Mulrooney, Klondike and Alaska Entrepreneur
by Mayer, Melanie J. & DeArmond, R. N.