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    Jan 7, 2013, 02:09 PM
    Looking for the name of book about a woman who lived in Alaska
    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.
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    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

    Similar ones are listed on the Amazon page, such as --

    Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness [Paperback] by Anne LaBastille
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    Jan 7, 2013, 02:27 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    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

    Similar ones are listed on the Amazon page, such as --

    Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness [Paperback] by Anne LaBastille
    That's it! Thank you very much!

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