Your Alaskan Daughter

Download or read book Your Alaskan Daughter written by Harriet Walker and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventure called! But the trip over the Alcan highway was harrowing!Three months pregnant, Harriet Walker and her husband, Harold, carved out a new life in America's only remaining frontier, Alaska.Settled in the tiny village of Hope, nestled between the mountains and the sea, the Walkers attempted a daring sawmill venture.A child was born. Christmas happened in the overwhelming beauty of the snow-covered wilderness.The young couple faced the life-threatening struggles of the Alaskan winter.Harriet conveyed the true stories of everyday life under extraordinary circumstances through letters to her mother, family, and friends. Stories that were set against the backdrop of the Alaskan Territory's bid to become a new state.