A compelling and lyrical tale of the desires and loyalties of women in an American wilderness. Fame fades. The gold in the hills runs out. For years, Francis Harmon has traded off her reputation as a star actress in the prospering American cities. Now, at the end of the nineteenth century, she and her companion May have washed up in a cabin on the Alaskan frontier, while May’s daughter prospects for gold. But the gold rush is almost exhausted, and when Francis is struck down by illness, they all must choose between facing up to a bleak future or giving in to the lure of the past. Winner of the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild Best New Play Award, In Skagway received its UK premiere at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2014. "Evocative... [a] tale of survival with poetic intensity." - Time Out (London) Karen Ardiff is a Dublin-based actress who has performed on every major stage in Ireland. In Skagway, her first play, was produced by Guna Nua Theatre Company and the Civic Theatre Dublin under the title The Goddess of Liberty. It won the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild Best New Play Award, the Stewart Parker/BBC Northern Ireland Award and was nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Karen is also the author of an acclaimed novel, The Secret of my Face.
In this highly personal tale of Robert Dahl ́s years in Skagway, we meet the people of the town—at school, at work, at play, hunting and fishing.
Maya and Filippo observe how things change depending on what they focus on. ˃˃˃ Would you like to check if your beginner readers are paying attention? Then take the quiz at the end of the book!
Winner of the 2014 International Readers' Favorite Book Award Contest. Alinka Rutkowska and Konrad Checinski did it again in "Maya & Filippo Separate in Skagway." Rating: 5.0 stars from Readers' Favorite Reviews.
"History of skagway, the ""Garden City of Alaska,"" with contemporary and historic photos of the town's beautiful gardens."
Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (November 2, 1860 - July 8, 1898) was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier.
In 1898 editors called Skagway the “City of the New Century.” In this book of stories and photographs, the rich history of this area and its people is chronicled through that new century, and into the next.
The complete historical reader about Skagway, Alaska. Revised edition with chapter of new material.