Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America by Linda Lawrence Hunt

Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America

Linda Lawrence Hunt

336 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history travel adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
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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 ...

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