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- catalog abstract "Alaska, it's been said, is less a state of the Union than a state of mind. A romantic sense of the north has been enhanced (and sometimes created) by the authors who spun romances about their experiences on America's cold frontier. The names of some of these authors still come quickly to mind - Robert Service, Jack London - but others who wrote of heroic adventures in the north have now been all but forgotten. One of the forgotten wrote also of heroines. Barrett Willoughby was hailed in her time as "the first real Alaskan novelist," and her works of fiction and nonfiction charmed the national press during the 1920s and 1930s. Starting in early childhood, Willoughby spent many years in Alaska - far more time than did any of her still-famous contemporaries - and loved the north passionately. But the north she loved and described vividly was not the harsh and perennially frozen place in which other authors set their tales. "I want to tell the whole world what a beautiful land it is," she told a national radio audience in 1932. "A land of bright courage and joyous living, where everybody had an awfully good time.". Hardworking, intelligent, and stubbornly idealistic, Barrett Willoughby made her way to success in what might be seen as doubly a man's world: she was both a best-selling author and a well-accepted Alaskan. Although she never achieved real greatness Barrett Willoughby's work is too good to be forgotten.".
- catalog contributor b7232546.
- catalog coverage "Alaska Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Alaska In literature.".
- catalog coverage "Alaska Intellectual life.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Alaska, it's been said, is less a state of the Union than a state of mind. A romantic sense of the north has been enhanced (and sometimes created) by the authors who spun romances about their experiences on America's cold frontier. The names of some of these authors still come quickly to mind - Robert Service, Jack London - but others who wrote of heroic adventures in the north have now been all but forgotten.".
- catalog description "Hardworking, intelligent, and stubbornly idealistic, Barrett Willoughby made her way to success in what might be seen as doubly a man's world: she was both a best-selling author and a well-accepted Alaskan. Although she never achieved real greatness Barrett Willoughby's work is too good to be forgotten.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-175) and index.".
- catalog description "One of the forgotten wrote also of heroines. Barrett Willoughby was hailed in her time as "the first real Alaskan novelist," and her works of fiction and nonfiction charmed the national press during the 1920s and 1930s. Starting in early childhood, Willoughby spent many years in Alaska - far more time than did any of her still-famous contemporaries - and loved the north passionately. But the north she loved and described vividly was not the harsh and perennially frozen place in which other authors set their tales. "I want to tell the whole world what a beautiful land it is," she told a national radio audience in 1932. "A land of bright courage and joyous living, where everybody had an awfully good time.".".
- catalog extent "x, 184 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Barrett Willoughby.".
- catalog identifier "0912006765 (acid-free paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Barrett Willoughby.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press,".
- catalog relation "Barrett Willoughby.".
- catalog spatial "Alaska Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Alaska In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Alaska Intellectual life.".
- catalog spatial "Alaska".
- catalog spatial "Alaska.".
- catalog subject "813/.52 B 20".
- catalog subject "Authors, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "PS3545.I5785 Z65 1994".
- catalog subject "Willoughby, Barrett, -1959.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature Alaska History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature Alaska.".
- catalog subject "Women authors, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Women authors, American Alaska Biography.".
- catalog subject "Women pioneers Alaska Biography.".
- catalog title "Barrett Willoughby : Alaska's forgotten lady / Nancy Warren Ferrell.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".