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Trail of a Sourdough, by May Kellogg Sullivan
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Title: The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska
Author: May Kellogg Sullivan
Release Date: June 13, 2009 [EBook #29113]
Language: English
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[Illustration: The heart of Alaska in winter]
THE TRAIL OF A SOURDOUGH
Life in Alaska
BY
MAY KELLOGG SULLIVAN
Author of "A Woman Who Went to Alaska"
[Illustration: ARTI et VERITATI]
RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESS BOSTON
Copyright 1910 by Richard G. Badger
All Rights Reserved
THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, U. S. A.
SOURDOUGH DEFINED
While the word Sourdough (sour dough) is perfectly familiar to those in Alaska and along the Pacific Coast it may not be amiss to give a brief explanation to our Eastern readers.
A Sourdough is a miner who has spent one winter in Alaska and "has seen the ice go out." Mrs. Sullivan is a Sourdough herself. In all she has made seven trips to Alaska extending over