The Alaska-Klondike Diary of Elizabeth Robins, 1900

Already will known on the London stage, Robins (1862-1952) went to Nome searching for her brother and found material that would fuel her later career as a novelist, journalist, and political activist. Her contemporary account, with photographs, is supported by five magazine articles she wrote during or after the trip, a chronology of her life and writing, and an introduction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Victoria Joan Moessner, professor of German at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Joanne E. Gates, associate professor of English at Jacksonville State University, teamed up to transcribe and prepare Robins' journal for publication. Each brings her respective expertise to the project, Moessner as a translator and historian of women in the north and Gates as the biographer of Elizabeth Robins.