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Mary Hitchcock
b. 1865
An adventurous American writer and explorer, she turned hard travel and sharp observation into lively books that still capture the thrill of the Klondike era. Her best-known work follows a demanding journey north at the height of the gold rush.
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The first soprano
by Mary Hitchcock
About the author
Mary Evelyn Hitchcock (1849–1920), who also published as Mary Doyle and Mrs. Roswell D. Hitchcock, was an American author, journalist, and explorer. She traveled widely in Europe and Japan with her husband, U.S. naval officer Roswell D. Hitchcock, and built a writing career out of firsthand experience and a strong taste for adventure.
She is best known for Two Women in the Klondike, a travel narrative based on her 1898 journey to the Yukon with Edith Van Buren during the Klondike gold rush. The book helped make their trip famous and remains the work most closely associated with her name.
Beyond her travel writing, Hitchcock also worked as a reporter for the New York World and was involved in theatrical work in the early 20th century. Her life combined reporting, performance, and exploration in a way that gives her writing an unusually vivid, on-the-ground feel.