Lillian Alling
Author : Susan Smith-Josephy
Publisher :
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,38 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Alaska
ISBN : 9781927575369
The Legend of Lillian Alling
Author : Diane Solie Smith
Publisher :
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780968019313
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Lillian Alling
Author : Susan Smith-Josephy
Publisher : Extraordinary Women (Caitlin P
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,18 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781894759540
Book Description
In 1926, Lillian Alling, a European immigrant, set out on a journey home from New York. She had little money and no transportation, but plenty of determination. In the three years that followed, Alling walked all the way to Dawson City, Yukon, crossing the North American continent on foot. Finally, on a make-shift raft, she sailed alone down the Yukon River from Dawson City all the way to the Bering Sea. Lillian Alling has been the subject of novels, plays, epic poems, an opera and more tall tales than can be remembered, but as legendary as she may be, the true story of Lillian Alling has never been told. Lillian Alling: The Journey Home is a collection of personal documents, first-hand recollections, family tales and archival research that provide tantalizing new clues to Lillians story. Smith-Josephy places Lillian firmly in the context of history and among the cast of unique and colourful characters she met along her journey.
Lillian Alling Goes Home
Author : Clint Kelly
Publisher :
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 23,64 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Immigrants
ISBN :
Book Description
Sometimes New York could discourage an immigrant searching for a new life in America. Lillian Alling was one for whom the yearning to go home sent here walking across the continent to the Bering Strait and her beloved Russia.
Lillian Alling
Author : Roy Husada
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 40,16 MB
Release : 2010*
Category : Opera
ISBN :
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The Lonely Stories
Author : Natalie Eve Garrett
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 20,81 MB
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1948226618
Book Description
A collection of essays about the joys and struggles of being alone by 22 literary writers including: Lev Grossman, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lena Dunham, Jesmyn Ward, Yiyun Li, and Anthony Doerr If you’re feeling lonely or if you’ve ever felt unseen, if you’re emboldened by solitude or secretly longing for it: Welcome to The Lonely Stories. This cathartic collection of essays illuminates an experience that so few of us openly discuss. Some stories are heartbreaking, such as Jesmyn Ward’s reckoning with the loss of her husband and Dina Nayeri’s reflection on immigrating to a foreign country. Others are witty, such as Lev Grossman’s rueful tale of heading to the woods or Anthony Doerr’s struggles with internet addiction. Still others celebrate the clarity of solitude, like Claire Dederer’s journey toward sobriety and Lidia Yuknavitch’s sensual look at desire. Thoughtful and affirming, The Lonely Stories reveals the complexities of an emotion we’ve all felt—reminding us that we're not alone. Contributors include: Megan Giddings Claire Dederer Imani Perry Jeffery Renard Allen Maggie Shipstead Emily Raboteau Lev Grossman Lena Dunham Yiyun Li Anthony Doerr Helena Fitzgerald Maile Meloy Aja Gabel Jean Kwok Amy Shearn Peter Ho Davies Maya Shanbhag Lang Jhumpa Lahiri Jesmyn Ward Lidia Yuknavitch Dina Nayeri Melissa Febos
The Woman who Walked to Russia
Author : Cassandra Pybus
Publisher : Thunder's Mouth Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 16,33 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781568582900
Book Description
From the moment Pybus first heard about Lillian Alling's trek across North America to her homeland of the Soviet Union, she couldn't get the story out of her mind. The result is an entertaining travel narrative that pieces together Alling's journey through the natural beauty and rich history of northwestern North America--a story never before told.
Flowers in the Snow
Author : Gwyneth Hoyle
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 25,55 MB
Release : 2005-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780803273443
Book Description
Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889?1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. To achieve her goals, she traveled by any means available, from rowboats in Greenland to trading schooners and coast-guard vessels in Alaska. When necessary, she journeyed by snowshoe or sled in pursuit of her botanical specimens, accompanied only by strangers who served as guides. In Flowers in the Snow, Gwyneth Hoyle paints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time.
Wires in the Wilderness
Author : Bill Miller
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781894384582
Book Description
This is the tale of how Canada's high northern wilderness was brought into civilization's fold through a frail network of wires laboriously strung between poles and trees for hundreds of desolate miles. The Yukon Telegraph started in 1897, when gold was discovered in the Yukon and the government needed a faster way to communicate with its remote northern territory. The isolated residents, too, wanted a more reliable connection with the outside world. Bill Miller takes readers from the line's conception in 1899 to its abandonment in 1952 through to its status today and its potential for future generations, focusing on the colourful people who lived and worked in the area. His account, enhanced by extensive research and engaging storytelling, reveals a fascinating fragment of Canada's rich history.
Nastawgan
Author : Bruce W. Hodgins
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 1987-06-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1554882389
Book Description
A rich history of Canadian wilderness travel, "an utterly compelling collection," said The Globe and Mail, and "a gem – it absolutely sparkles," according to Canadian Geographic. Declared by the Canadian Historical Association to be the best book published of its year on the regional history of Canada’s North. With essays by William C. James, C.E.S. Franks, George Luste, Margaret Hobbs, John Jennings, Shelagh Grant, Gwyneth Hoyle, Bruce W. Hodgins, Jamie Bendickson, Craig Macdonald, Jean Murray Cole, John Marsh and John Wadland.
