O Rugged Land of Gold by Martha Martin (which is the pen name of Helen Bolyan)

O Rugged Land of Gold

Martha Martin

Martha Martin is the pen name of Helen Bolyan. Interesting back story. See 

Not quite sure how much of the book is fiction versus biography.

Online copies sell for $38 to Euros 350

In O Rugged Land of Gold share the triumph of a woman -- alone, injured, pregnant -- on a remote Alaskan island in winter. "I was furious.  If I had a gun, I'd have shot them dead.  Those lazy, stupid men kept right on going and left me alone.  Not once had they looked in my direction, and me needing help so bad.  I was so mad at them that I cussed.  I screamed cusses at them until I was hoarse.  I said all the bad words I had ever heard in all my life, and I invented some new ones, too.  I wished the tow-line would break and they would lose every last log; wished their old logs would go to China.  I stood up and shook my fist at the disappearing boat.   When it had gone from sight, I dropped down and cried.  I shed tears of helpless rage and of utter defeat."... "An old bear came and sniffed me.  He really did.  It was in the first gray of dawn.  I had dozed, and the sound of him coming roused me.  I kept perfectly still, hardly breathing, and straining my ears and eyes to learn what and where the sound was.  Then I smelled him and knew for certain it was a bear.  All the primitive instincts of fear within me were aroused.  My heart pounded in my throat, and I could feel my flesh creep.  I drew myself up and made myself little and tight.  I kept still as death."

Binding: Soft cover 

Book Condition: Fair condition. Intact but a bit worn, with writing on the first page. A good reading copy.

Edition: 1989

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