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Alaska Women Write: Living, Loving and Laughing on the Last Frontier
Alaska Women Write Living Loving and Laughing on the Last Frontier Author:Dana Stabenow (Editor) Anthology of Alaska stories by women. — Foreword by Libby Riddles. — Personal stories about Alaska too often are told by men. Not this time. Here are stories written from women such as Molly Heath, stranded with her children far from home after the 1964 Earthquake, and Janet McCart, whose eyes are opened working on the trans-Alaska pipeline. One o... more »f the first women to work as a deckhand on a tender is seen through her daughter's eyes. Another struggles to fly. Yet another falls in love with fishing. Sixteen women test their spirits against everything Alaska throws at them with laughter, tears, and courage. Journey's end finds them stronger and smarter than they thought they could be.« less