Staking Her Claim – Life Of Belinda Mulrooney Mayer Dearmond Paperback

Staking Her ClaimThe Life of Belinda Mulrooney, Klondike and Alaska Entrepreneur\nAuthor(s): Melanie J. Mayer, Robert N. DeArmond\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Swallow Press\nISBN-13: 9780804010221, 978-0804010221\nSynopsis\nIf Horatio Alger had imagined a female heroine in the same mold as one of the young male heroes in his rags-to-riches stories, she would have looked like Belinda Mulrooney. Smart, ambitious, competitive, and courageous, Belinda Mulrooney was destined through her legendary pioneering in the wilds of the Yukon basin to found towns and many businesses. She built two fortunes, supported her family, was an ally to other working women, and triumphed in what was considered a mans world.\n In Staking Her Claim, Melanie Mayer and Robert N. DeArmond provide a faithful and comprehensive portrait of this unique character in North American frontier history. Their exhaustive research has resulted in a sweeping saga of determinati.