Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America

Type

Book

Authors

Hunt ( Linda Lawrence Hunt )

ISBN 10

0893012629

ISBN 13

9780893012625

Tags

1896 United States, 19th American Social Life and Customs, Norwegian Americans, Spokane History, Victorian Women, Walking Journeys

Description

Helga Estby left Spokane Washington and walked to NYC on a $10,000 challenge. This remarkable story of hardship and suffering was long lost and only recently discovered by the author. On Christmas Eve, 1896, the New York World reported her arrival. What followed was an American tragedy. - from Amzon

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