Attic Wife

In the aftermath of the Klondike gold rush, Kenneth McAlpin, a young Pennsylvanian lured north by the promise of fortune, married new convent school graduate Agnes Young, a descendant of a Haida chief. However, their 1899 Alaskan marriage stirred violent opposition when McAlpin brought Agnes to Butler, Pennsylvania. There, his family isolated Agnes in the attic, concealed her from visitors, and...