Life in Alaska: The Reminiscences of a Kansas Woman, 1916-1919
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"A chance to see the world My mother's good red blood was in my veins, and if she could be a guiding light in a homestead on the prairies, I could be the same in a native village." That was May Wynne's immediate reaction to the chance to teach in a remote Eskimo village in Alaska. The year was 1916, and May, the daughter of a pioneer Kansas family, was two years out of teachers' college and ready for adventure. Life in Alaska is an engaging...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803279272
ISBN13:9780803279278
Release Date:September 1988
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:171 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.3" x 8.2"
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Look Back into Alaska
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Fascinating look at life in Alaska in the early 1900s from the perspective of one very game schoolteacher. Author was a true adventuress in an era before women were allowed to be much other than wives and mothers. An interesting read.
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