Reviews
Haigh...leaves us with an appreciation of what it takes to create an accurate and well-written biography. Searching for Fannie Quigley is an excellent one." — Alaska History, "Haigh...leaves us with an appreciation of what it takes to create an accurate and well-written biography. Searching for Fannie Quigley is an excellent one."-- Alaska History, "Without doubt, this is the definitive biography of Fannie Quigley, a quintessential Alaskan pioneer. Searching for Fannie Quigley is an important contribution to Alaskan history." -Sally Zanjani, author ofGoldfield: The Last Gold Rush on the Western Frontier, Over the years, Haigh, author of several popular books about Alaskan history, found much of what previously had been written about Quigley to be wrong. In this work she corrects those accounts and supplements them with new information.... Students of women's and western history will find this work useful." — Western Historical Quarterly, "Without doubt, this is the definitive biography of Fannie Quigley, a quintessential Alaskan pioneer. Searching for Fannie Quigley is an important contribution to Alaskan history."--Sally Zanjani, author of Goldfield: The Last Gold Rush on the Western Frontier, " Without doubt, this is the definitive biography of Fannie Quigley, a quintessential Alaskan pioneer. Searching for Fannie Quigley is an important contribution to Alaskan history." -- Sally Zanjani, author of "Goldfield: The Last Gold Rush on the Western Frontier", "Quigley, an uneducated, earthy ex-Nebraskan who embodied to many the very definition of an Alaska pioneer, was a longtime resident of Kantishna, an isolated mining district just outside Mount McKinley National Park. In spite of that isolation--or perhaps because of it--Quigley attained legendary status well before her 1944 death. Haigh, who is well aware of Quigley's mythic status, has done a masterful job of teasing out the woman from the myth. Haigh's biography sheds new light on life in a pioneer Alaska mining district, on the role of women on the frontier, and on the personal qualities that made Quigley unforgettable. Searching for Fannie Quigley is one of the best pioneer biographies to emerge in recent years."--Frank B. Norris, author of Legacy of the Gold Rush, "Without doubt, this is the definitive biography of Fannie Quigley, a quintessential Alaskan pioneer. Searching for Fannie Quigley is an important contribution to Alaskan history." --Sally Zanjani, author of "Goldfield: The Last Gold Rush on the Western Frontier", "Over the years, Haigh, author of several popular books about Alaskan history, found much of what previously had been written about Quigley to be wrong. In this work she corrects those accounts and supplements them with new information.... Students of women's and western history will find this work useful."-- Western Historical Quarterly, Without doubt, this is the definitive biography of Fannie Quigley, a quintessential Alaskan pioneer. Searching for Fannie Quigley is an important contribution to Alaskan history." — Sally Zanjani, author of Goldfield: The Last Gold Rush on the Western Frontier
