The Pribilof Islands
Abstract Elizabeth Dubois Beaman (1844-1932) was the first non-native American woman to live on the remote Pribilof Islands of Alaska’s Bering Sea. She arrived on the islands in 1879 with her husband, John Warren Beaman, a U. S. government official. At that time the Alaska Commercial Company operate...
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
1990
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0015 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52479530/isbn-9780195061024-book-part-15.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract Elizabeth Dubois Beaman (1844-1932) was the first non-native American woman to live on the remote Pribilof Islands of Alaska’s Bering Sea. She arrived on the islands in 1879 with her husband, John Warren Beaman, a U. S. government official. At that time the Alaska Commercial Company operated the profitable fur seal industry in the region. Her writings were published posthumously in 1987 as Libby: The Sketches, Letters, and Journal of Libby Beaman, Recorded in the Pribilof Islands 1879-1880 (Council Oak Books). |
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