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- Steam Laundry
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- 2012
- Published by: Red Hen Press
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Steam Laundry is a novel in poems based on the true story of Sarah Ellen Gibson, the sixth woman to arrive in Fairbanks, Alaska, in the gold rush of 1903. Incorporating persona, narrative, and lyric poems—as well as historical photographs and documents—to tell Gibson’s story, Steam Laundry offers the reader the chance to try on the dusty, mining-town overcoat of Gibson’s life.
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- Author’s Note
- p. 13
- River Town
- pp. 15-16
- Almost Anagram
- pp. 17-18
- In the House of Our New Marriage
- pp. 20-21
- Wife, I Ask You Once More
- pp. 22-23
- Chilkoot Trail
- pp. 26-44
- The Younger Brother Speaks
- pp. 52-53
- Nellie Considers Her Sons: Dark
- pp. 54-55
- Races on the Fourth of July
- pp. 60-61
- Lost Luxury
- p. 62
- Tom Breaks Cargo on the Steamers
- pp. 64-65
- Letter from Home
- pp. 66-67
- Joe, at the Dance Hall
- pp. 68-70
- Montana Steam Laundry
- pp. 71-72
- Hannah Mullen
- pp. 75-77
- Tom Makes a Narrow Escape
- pp. 84-86
- Tom and Elmer Dive for the Gun
- pp. 87-88
- Not Near as Wild
- pp. 89-91
- Elmer Considers the Old Man Drinking
- pp. 92-93
- The New Camp
- pp. 94-95
- Infidelity
- pp. 98-99
- Tom Returns to Dawson
- pp. 100-102
- Luck Conspires against Tom and Elmer
- pp. 103-111
- Mother-in-law
- pp. 113-115
- Ellen Notices the Dry Spring
- pp. 124-125
- A Late Answer to Madame M. Yale’s Questions
- pp. 126-127
- Until Payment Can’t Be Made
- pp. 132-136
- Remembering the River Crossing
- pp. 137-138
- Son, of This, You and I Will Never Speak
- pp. 140-141
- About the Author
- p. 144
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597093286
Related ISBN(s)
9781597092289
MARC Record
OCLC
867784051
Pages
144
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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