Alaska Curiosities is a good-naturedly humorous compendium of the state's quirks and characters, withwholesome Americana content that will appeal tothe whole family. A fun and accessible combination of almanac, off-the-wall travel guide, and wacky news"

With the first headlines screaming "Gold Gold Gold " in 1896, the Klondike Gold Rush was on--and it almost instantly became the stuff of legend. One of the key figures in the early discoveries that set off the gold rush was the Tagish wife of prospector George Carmack, Kate Carmack, whose fascinating story is told in full here for the first time.
In Wealth Woman, Deb Vanasse recounts Kate's life from her early years on the frontier with George, through the history-making discovery of gold, and on to her subsequent fame, when she traveled alone down the West Coast through...