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LEADER: 02583cam 2200445Ma 4500
001 ocn643696930
003 OCoLC
005 20220307231321.0
008 100621s2007 ykcac 000 0aeng d
040 $aUBF$beng$cUBF$dOCLCF$dOCLCO$dOCLCQ$dOCL$dOCLCO
020 $a9780978441807
020 $a097844180X
035 $a(OCoLC)643696930
043 $an-cn-yk
050 4 $aF1091$b.B528 2007
100 1 $aBlack, Martha Louise,$d1866-1957.
245 10 $aMartha Black :$bher story from the Dawson gold fields to the halls of Parliament /$cedited by Flo Whyard.
260 $aWhitehorse, Yukon :$bPR Services,$c2007.
300 $aix, 190 pages :$billustrations, portraits ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"This book was originally published as 'My Ninety Years, ' a revised sequel to 'My Seventy Years.'"--Title page verso.
505 0 $aI am born -- I am a young lady -- The gold fever -- The Trail of '98 -- Lake Bennett to Dawson -- Dawson City in '98-'99 -- A wild winter in Dawson -- I go out -- Back to the Yukon -- Dawson settles down -- I become Mrs. George Black -- Dawson on the wane -- Gathering wild flowers for a railway -- Chatelaine of Government House -- I go to London -- Overseas service -- The Armistice is signed -- Wife of the First Commoner -- My "Career" begins at seventy!
520 $a"Martha was an independent 32-year old when she headed for the Klondike in 1898. She endured the grueling Chilkoot Trail, traveled by boat down the Yukon River, and worked placer gold claims while living in a crude log cabin. She went on to become a successful businesswoman, owning a mining camp and managing a sawmill. At the age of 70, she was elected to the Canadian Parliament."--Page 4 of cover.
600 10 $aBlack, Martha Louise,$d1866-1957.
650 0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zYukon.
651 0 $aKlondike River Valley (Yukon)$xGold discoveries.
651 0 $aYukon$xHistory.
651 0 $aYukon$vBiography.
600 17 $aBlack, Martha Louise,$d1866-1957.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00185186
650 7 $aFrontier and pioneer life.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00935370
650 7 $aGold mines and mining.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00944469
651 7 $aYukon.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01892691
651 7 $aYukon$zKlondike River Valley.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01895987
655 7 $aBiographies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
700 1 $aWhyard, Florence.
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 3 OTHER HOLDINGS