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jaycojade
Jan 7, 2013, 02:09 PM
This a story about a frontier woman back in the 1900's (I think) & her name , I think, was Olive. She married & had some children & then her husband died from some sort of accident & she had to hunt & live off the land raising her children alone. I read this book years ago & I'd like to read it again----if I could only find the name of it. Also, I'm interested in any other books similar. Thanks.
Wondergirl
Jan 7, 2013, 02:18 PM
Perhaps this one?
From the Back Cover
When she was nine years old, Olive Fredrickson witnessed her mother's death in the Arctic wilderness. At nineteen, she married a trapper who led her into a perilous life far removed from the comforts of civilization. Told from a harrowing first-person perspective, Fredrickson recounts the hair-raising experiences of her first years in the frozen wasteland that was her husband's hunting ground. When her attempt to run a farm single-handedly, after her husband's death, threatened to end in ruin, Fredrickson walked 40 miles alone to the nearest village, in a desperate attempt to obtain food for her starving family by bartering against future crops. It was a life-or-death journey filled with bears, wolves, and unparalleled danger.The Silence of the North is a story of extraordinary adventure, courage, and human determination in the face of impossible odds. (6 X 9, 240 pages, b&w photos)
The Silence of the North: Olive A. Fredrickson, Ben East: 9781585741779: Amazon.com: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Silence-North-Olive-Fredrickson/dp/1585741779/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357593403&sr=1-1&keywords=silence+of+the+north)
Similar ones are listed on the Amazon page, such as --
Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness [Paperback] by Anne LaBastille (http://www.amazon.com/Woodswoman-Living-Alone-Adirondack-Wilderness/dp/0140153349/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_4)
jaycojade
Jan 7, 2013, 02:27 PM
Perhaps this one?
From the Back Cover
When she was nine years old, Olive Fredrickson witnessed her mother's death in the Arctic wilderness. At nineteen, she married a trapper who led her into a perilous life far removed from the comforts of civilization. Told from a harrowing first-person perspective, Fredrickson recounts the hair-raising experiences of her first years in the frozen wasteland that was her husband's hunting ground. When her attempt to run a farm single-handedly, after her husband's death, threatened to end in ruin, Fredrickson walked 40 miles alone to the nearest village, in a desperate attempt to obtain food for her starving family by bartering against future crops. It was a life-or-death journey filled with bears, wolves, and unparalleled danger.The Silence of the North is a story of extraordinary adventure, courage, and human determination in the face of impossible odds. (6 X 9, 240 pages, b&w photos)
The Silence of the North: Olive A. Fredrickson, Ben East: 9781585741779: Amazon.com: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Silence-North-Olive-Fredrickson/dp/1585741779/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357593403&sr=1-1&keywords=silence+of+the+north)
Similar ones are listed on the Amazon page, such as --
Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness [Paperback] by Anne LaBastille (http://www.amazon.com/Woodswoman-Living-Alone-Adirondack-Wilderness/dp/0140153349/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_4)
That's it! Thank you very much!