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~ (Author) "The Far North has two histories, a secret one in which-just like life-anything goes, and a conventional "on the record" version where propriety is prerequisite..." (more)
Key Phrases: restricted district, gold stampede, good time girls, Georgia Lee, Far North, San Francisco (more...)
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Klondike Kate Rockwell, a good-time girl with a heart of gold, came to the Yukon in 1900 to find wealth and fame in the same mad scramble for gold that had lured many an adventurous young man. Her story of money made and lost, of multiple marriages and scandal, is one of the many similar tales chronicled in this well-researched and deftly written work by journalist Morgan. Women who followed the gold fever trail from Dawson to Nome to Fairbanks may have shared their male counterparts' ambition and courage, but their means of achieving success were severely limited. Legally unable to stake a claim or own a saloon, most chose to make their fortunes by "mining the miners." Some became showgirls and prostitutes, others became rich through marriage or multiple liaisons, while still others led lives of desperation culminating in murder or suicide. Although there is a sadly repetitive quality to the accounts, this work's unique perspective and splendid period photos make it a recommended purchase for academic and public libraries.?Rose M. Cichy, Osterhout Free Lib., Wilkes-Barre, PA
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An important and entertaining addition to gold rush literature. --Klondike historian Pierre Berton

One of the 10 best non-fiction books of 1998. --LA Times

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Epicenter Press; 2nd edition (August 1, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0945397763
  • ISBN-13: 978-0945397762
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Time Girls brought to life, December 30, 1999
By Lynne (Seattle) - See all my reviews
Lael Morgan does a great job of piecing together old newspaper articles and photos to recreate the lives of these adventurous pioneers. The stories from Dawson are especially detailed (due to the resources) and give you the feeling that you know what it was like to live and work in Dawson during the gold rush. Knowing that the characters in the book were real make the stories that much more compelling.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun history of the world's (c)oldest profession in AK, October 10, 2001
By Martin Lewison (Monticello, AR United States) - See all my reviews
I bought this book at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks bookstore. My dad, Class of '51 at UAF (we were there for his 50th reunion), had told me some stories about "The Line" and he had had his first job with the gold mining operations, so I was curious. There's not a lot of gory detail here. It's about people and places, but it's quite a colorful history. Though never officially legal, prostitution was tolerated and it flourished in Alaska for more than 50 years. And some very famous characters pop up, like Wyatt Earp and the "Birdman of Alcatraz". Definitely worth the time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Of The West!, June 15, 2006
The Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush, a time at the turn of the century, when the gold camps were booming and the dust flowed like wine. Leaving behind law and many of the constraints of the Post-Victorian era, men and women went north to find adventure and wealth. Most found death among the cold frozen mountains and rivers but a few survived to find money, power and, sometimes, even love.
The women found it easier to mine the miners then to mine the mines. Women couldn't work claims in most cases and most of the normal jobs didn't pay well.
If a woman wanted the wealth and adventure she was searching for she ended up becoming a Good Time Girl. Men outnumbered women ten to one and were always willing to pay for the company. Dance hall girls and prostitutes were among the pioneers who opened the new regions, became rich entrepreneurs and powerful women who, in some cases, changed the towns for the better.
But their history cannot be written in a vacuum. As many of them left behind no written records we have to use police logs, old photos and stories left behind by the more respectable women and men of the cities. The book deals with the conditions and events that made the Far North so much different from the lower forty-eight states where many of the women came from. Why did the cities, in many cases, allow a red light district? Why did they give them police protection? How did the women influence the towns and change the very future of the frontier? Why did so many women turn to be Good Time Girls?
With tons of humor, happy endings and sad ones, the chapters within this book give a detailed look at the history of the independent women who faced hardships, lost fortunes and the dangers of a wild land to find a future.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush
I did not know anyone could make sex so boring. Part of the problem lies with the lack of rich source material on the "girls". Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jamaica Joyce

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Time Girls with hearts of Gold
I just turned the last page of this delightful book and I was sorry to see it end! I just returned from my third trip to Alaska with 4 books in my suitcase and this was one of... Read more
Published 3 months ago by L. Keller

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Time Girls
Good book to get a real feel and facts for the life of the ladies of the evening in early Alaska
Published 5 months ago by P. Baylis

2.0 out of 5 stars Well researched
I had to read this for a book club and didn't make it all the way through. I will give credit for a well researched book. Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. Etter

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Real Interesting
I was disappointed in this book, it seemed more like a history of the men of the Yukon and Gold Rush . Read more
Published on October 27, 2005 by D. Ritter

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting side to the "gold miners"
Well, the men mined the gold, and the women mined the miners. All had unhealthy jobs but it would appear that more womem made money than the men from this book. Read more
Published on September 28, 2004 by G. Powell

1.0 out of 5 stars Good Time Girls? should be called Good Time Guys
I cruised Alaska this summer and took a facinating tour of the Skagway Red Light district. After the tour, I wanted to learn more, thusly I hit a bookstore and found this book... Read more
Published on June 3, 2001 by Kethryvis

4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
This it not the type of book I typically read. But while in Skagway on a second cruise to Alaska this summer, I skimmed this book in a bookstore but did not purchase it there... Read more
Published on September 12, 2000

2.0 out of 5 stars Title doesn't reflect content
I agree with the first reviewer; there is much information here, but not specifically about these women as individuals. Read more
Published on November 16, 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars The book lacks depth and character development
I bought this book because of the uniformly rave reviews and its place on "best" lists for 1998. Unfortunately, I must disagree. Read more
Published on June 5, 1999

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