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

by Hunt, Linda; Armitage, Sue; Hunt, Linda Lawrence

• ISBN13: 9780893012625
• ISBN10: 0893012629
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Idaho Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Linda Lawrence Hunt is an Associate Professor of English at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, and now directs The Krista Foundation for Global Citizenship.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Sue Armitage
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	1	(8)
On Foot to New York	9	(8)
Motherhood on a Minnesota Prairie	17	(14)
The Crucible Years	31	(14)
Surprises in Spokane Falls	45	(12)
Frontier Vices and the Move to Mica Creek	57	(14)
Financial Fears and a Family Death	71	(12)
The Wager	83	(18)
Undaunted by Rain, Sleet, and Snow	101	(12)
Hot, Hungry, and Hopeful	113	(12)
Night Terrors	125	(12)
``New Women's'' Actions and Old Victorian Attitudes	137	(14)
An Electrifying Presidential Election	151	(18)
Earning Their Own Way	169	(12)
A Rush to the Finish	181	(12)
The Impossible Happens	193	(12)
Heartbreak at the Mica Creek Homestead	205	(12)
Homeward Bound	217	(12)
Lost and Found	229	(14)
A Reflection on the Silencing of Family Stories	243	(18)
Notes	261	(24)
Bibliography	285	(14)
Index	299