About this title: In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant named Helga Estby and her teenage daughter, Clara, set out to walk from Spokane to New York in order to win a $10,000 bet, hoping to save her family's home from foreclosure. Armed with pistols, five dollars each, and equal parts determination and desperation, they set out on May 5, and supported their journey with odd jobs and, as they became objects of curiosity, photographs of themselves. They arrived in Manhattan in December, only to find that the contract was not honored. Penniless, they arrived back in Spokane the following summer, and Helga was vilified by ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Idaho Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780893012625ISBN:0893012629
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Idaho Press
ISBN-13:9780893012625ISBN:0893012629
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Idaho Press
ISBN-13:9780893012625ISBN:0893012629
Description: Good. Purchasing this DVD supports the North Central Regional Library. Thriftbooks and NCRL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Library ID found on DVD and case. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Idaho Press
ISBN-13:9780893012625ISBN:0893012629
Description: Good. Purchasing this DVD supports the North Central Regional Library. Thriftbooks and NCRL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Library ID found on DVD and case. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Idaho Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780893012625ISBN:0893012629
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 300 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Clean, crisp copy. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781400079933ISBN:1400079934
Description: Fine. No Jacket. Book Seller # HA219, 5.2 inches by 8 inches, 307 pages. No Tears and almost no wear. The paperback binding is good and the interior and exterior are clean. NOT an Ex-Library copy. The story of Helga Estby of Spokane, Washington who in 1896, along with one of her eight children, walked across the United States in the hope of winning $10, 000. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: University of Idaho Press, Moscow, ID
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780893012625ISBN:0893012629
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. xxi, 301 pp., illus., biblio., index; 19 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Dogeared a couple of times, otherwise as new. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Idaho Pr, Idaho, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780893012625ISBN:0893012629
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback--FINE--Clean and bright with only slightest of shelf wear. 301 pages with index and photography throughout. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400079933ISBN:1400079934
Description: Good. Biography. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant and mother of eight children named Helga Estby was behind on taxes and the mortgage when she learned that a mysterious sponsor would pay $10, 000 to a woman who walked across America. She and her daughter Clara set out in hopes of saving the family farm. This is her incredible story. This book is in good condition. The spine is not creased. There is a name and year written at the top of the first page. There is a little bit ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400079933ISBN:1400079934
Description: As New. Bright, clean, uncreased. 307 pages, with photographs. In 1896, Helga Estby and her daughter Clara walked from Spokane WA to New York, attempting to win a cash prize. The story of the walk itself takes the reader into the American landscape and people, and the biography of this woman is remarkable. read more
Edition: Fifth Printing
Binding: Printed Wrqppers
Publisher: University of Idaho Press, Moscow, ID
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780893012625ISBN:0893012629
Description: About 'As New' Trade Paperback. 12mo-7 1/2" Tall. An account of a woman's amazing walk across America in 1896. 301pp, illustrated. Mint copy, 'as new'. Weight, 380g. read more
Edition: First edition thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books; Random House, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400079933ISBN:1400079934
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. SIGNED xvi, 307 pp., illus., maps, biblio., index; 21 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. Light shelfwear. "In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant and mother of eight children named Helga Estby was behind on taxes and the mortgage when she learned that a mysterious sponsor would pay $10, 000 to a woman who walked across America. Hoping to win the wager and save her family's farm, Helga and her teenaged daughter Clara, armed ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Anchor Books 2003
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780739454824ISBN:073945482X
Description: ISBN 073945482X. Hardback. Book club edition. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Copy 1. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Anchor Books 2003
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780739454824ISBN:073945482X
Description: ISBN 073945482X. Hardback. Book club edition. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Copy 3. read more
"Little detail remains of the story of Helen Estby and her daughter's walk across America in 1896 because all of her writings and letters were destroyed by two of her children following her death. Linda Hunt, however, manages to piece together a fascinating book by taking a few newspaper articles and other scant remaining records of this event and backing it up with great period research to give you a real feel for the attitudes and feelings of the time. This book will make you want to rush out and record the memories of your parents and grandparents and never, ever treat them as cavalierly as the Estby children did."
"My SIL Christine recommended this book and her recommendations are usually really great reads. This book was a great read too. So, why then only 3 stars? Well, it isn't compelling or exciting, infact it is frustraiting. But I loved it anyways! In the 1890s Helga's family was about to lose their home so she took an offer to walk from Spokane Washington to NYC in one summer. She would be paid $10,000 if she completed the walk, all by foot, by the deadline in December.
Her family was ashamed of her for doing this and destroyed all of her memoirs as well as all other record of her accomplishment. Only a few newpaper articles survived the family's thorough scrubbing of her history. This book address the silencing of women's stories. If a man had done this it would have been adventurous and groundbreaking. But because it was a woman, it was shameful and irresponsible.
This book is the story of her adventure told from an academic reseacher's point of view. If you are up for writing a fictional account of this book you could be rich and famous! Unlike poor Helga."
"Reading this book made me want to know so much more about this woman, Helga Estby, and the times she lived in. It made me angry to read about the people who misled her, people can be jerks! I wonder about her husband, what was his story? I am curious about the late 1800's in the Northwest. It's so sad to have lost the original journals she kept. I would like to find some of the research the author found to see if I draw the same conclusions. It was an easy read."
"A fascinating story. You learn a lot about what life was like back then, and can appreciate what kind of spunk and determination it took for Helga and Clara to undertake this challenge. What a tragedy (among the other tragedies in this story) that we do not have Helga's record of the events, as it was burned by bitter family members (why would they be bitter? You'll have to read to find out!). The author had to piece the story together using other records and newspaper accounts along their path."
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