Lael Morgan | Historical Fiction

Good Time Girls Of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush by Lael Morgan

Name: Good Time Girls Of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush by Lael Morgan
Brand: Fehmerling Books
SKU: 9781551109947
Price: 18.00 USD
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ISBN: 9781551109947

Good Time Girls Of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush by Lael Morgan

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Book Specifications

Format: Paperback
Condition: Good
Publisher: Whitecap Books Ltd (1999)
Length: 351 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
ISBN: 9781551109947

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Journalist Lael Morgan chronicles the lives of female entrepreneurs, entertainers, and sex workers who built boomtown economies during the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush.

In Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush, investigative historian Lael Morgan uncovers the forgotten history of the women who traveled north during the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush. Moving beyond stereotypical saloon tropes, Morgan profiles dancers, madams, businesswomen, and prostitutes who accumulated fortunes, managed real estate, and established essential community institutions across Dawson City, Fairbanks, and Nome.

Drawing from archival photographs, court transcripts, and pioneer diaries, Morgan details how these independent women navigated harsh sub-arctic frontier conditions, societal double standards, and dangerous boomtown environments to claim economic independence.

Why You’ll Love This Book

Lael Morgan combines rigorous Klondike history, primary source archival research, and compelling feminist social biography. An essential 1999 Whitecap paperback for readers of Alaskan history, Gold Rush lore, and women's history.

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