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Project Gutenberg's The Trail of a Sourdough, by May Kellogg Sullivan This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska Author: May Kellogg Sullivan Release Date: June 13, 2009 [EBook #29113] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TRAIL OF A SOURDOUGH *** Produced by Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress) [Illustration: _The heart of Alaska in winter_] THE TRAIL OF A SOURDOUGH _Life in Alaska_ BY MAY KELLOGG SULLIVAN _Author of "A Woman Who Went to Alaska"_ [Illustration: ARTI et VERITATI] RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESS BOSTON Copyright 1910 by Richard G. Badger All Rights Reserved THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, U. S. A. SOURDOUGH DEFINED While the word _Sourdough_ (sour dough) is perfectly familiar to those in Alaska and along the Pacific Coast it may not be amiss to give a brief explanation to our Eastern readers. A _Sourdough_ is a miner who has spent one winter in Alaska and "has seen the ice go out." Mrs. Sullivan is a _Sourdough_ herself. In all she has made seven trips to Alaska extending over a period of ten years. When miners are beyond the pale of civilization, with a supply of flour but no baking powder, yeast or potatoes, they cut from each batch of bread dough a little piece, to be kept until it turns sour, and then used as leaven for the next baking. It is through this custom that the miners themselves came to be called sourdoughs. PREFACE This little book is my second Brain-child. The first, entitled "A Woman Who Went to Alaska," has been so cordially received by the reading public that I have been induced to send another in its footsteps. It is with great pleasure and perfect confidence that I do this. To my Alaskan readers it is unnecessary to state that these little tales are deduced from every day life, as they are easily recognizable. To those not yet favored by a residence in this Northland I would say that I have written eac
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