Author: Martha Munger Purdy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
Letters from Alaska and the NorthWest
Author: Martha Munger Purdy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 55
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
Letters from Alaska
Author: John Muir
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299139544
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
A collection of letters published in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin by naturalist Muir when he was exploring Alaska in 1879-80. He describes the natives and missionaries, gold mines and towns, mountains and glaciers, trees and wildlife, and other aspects. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299139544
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
A collection of letters published in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin by naturalist Muir when he was exploring Alaska in 1879-80. He describes the natives and missionaries, gold mines and towns, mountains and glaciers, trees and wildlife, and other aspects. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Letters from the Vanderbilt Family Album
Author: John McGinn Vanderbilt
Publisher:
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Category : Killisnoo (Alaska)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Letters of John M. Vanderbilt to his family in New York describing his travels and work in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska for the Northwest Trading Co. and as postmaster at Killisnoo; also includes photographs, clippings from The Alaskan and The Daily Alaska Empire, and a letter from John Wheeler Vanderbilt.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Killisnoo (Alaska)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Letters of John M. Vanderbilt to his family in New York describing his travels and work in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska for the Northwest Trading Co. and as postmaster at Killisnoo; also includes photographs, clippings from The Alaskan and The Daily Alaska Empire, and a letter from John Wheeler Vanderbilt.
Last Letters from Attu
Author: Mary Breu
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 0882408526
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was a school teacher whose life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when the Japanese military invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war. Etta and her sister moved to the Territory of Alaska in 1922. She planned to stay only one year as a vacation, but this 40 something year old nurse from back east met Foster Jones and fell in love. They married and for nearly twenty years they lived, worked and taught in remote Athabascan, Alutiiq, Yup’ik and Aleut villages where they were the only outsiders. Their last assignment was Attu. After the invasion, Etta became a prisoner of war and spent 39 months in Japanese POW sites located in Yokohama and Totsuka. She was the first female Caucasian taken prisoner by a foreign enemy on the North American Continent since the War of 1812, and she was the first American female released by the Japanese at the end of World War II. Using descriptive letters that she penned herself, her unpublished manuscript, historical documents and personal interviews with key people who were involved with events as they happened, her extraordinary story is told for the first time in this book.
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 0882408526
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was a school teacher whose life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when the Japanese military invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war. Etta and her sister moved to the Territory of Alaska in 1922. She planned to stay only one year as a vacation, but this 40 something year old nurse from back east met Foster Jones and fell in love. They married and for nearly twenty years they lived, worked and taught in remote Athabascan, Alutiiq, Yup’ik and Aleut villages where they were the only outsiders. Their last assignment was Attu. After the invasion, Etta became a prisoner of war and spent 39 months in Japanese POW sites located in Yokohama and Totsuka. She was the first female Caucasian taken prisoner by a foreign enemy on the North American Continent since the War of 1812, and she was the first American female released by the Japanese at the end of World War II. Using descriptive letters that she penned herself, her unpublished manuscript, historical documents and personal interviews with key people who were involved with events as they happened, her extraordinary story is told for the first time in this book.
Northwestern Alaska
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Letters and Papers Relating to the Alaska Frontier
Author: Edwin Swift Balch
Publisher:
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Last Letters from Attu
Author: Mary Breu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780882409818
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was an American school teacher who in 1941 who along with her husband, Foster agreed to teach the Natives on the remote Aleutian island of Attu. They were both sixty-two years old when they left Alaska's mainland for Attu against the advice of friends and family. Etta, and her sister moved to the Territory of Alaska in 1922. She planned to stay only one year as a vacation, but this 40 something year old nurse from back east met Foster Jones and fell in love. She married and for nearly twenty years they taught in remote Alaskan villages including their last posting on Attu Island at the far end of the Aleutian island chain. Etta's life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when almost 2,000 Japanese military men invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war. She was taken from American soil to Japan and given up for dead. This is the story of a brave American, a woman of courage and resolve with inextinguishable spirit.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780882409818
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was an American school teacher who in 1941 who along with her husband, Foster agreed to teach the Natives on the remote Aleutian island of Attu. They were both sixty-two years old when they left Alaska's mainland for Attu against the advice of friends and family. Etta, and her sister moved to the Territory of Alaska in 1922. She planned to stay only one year as a vacation, but this 40 something year old nurse from back east met Foster Jones and fell in love. She married and for nearly twenty years they taught in remote Alaskan villages including their last posting on Attu Island at the far end of the Aleutian island chain. Etta's life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when almost 2,000 Japanese military men invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war. She was taken from American soil to Japan and given up for dead. This is the story of a brave American, a woman of courage and resolve with inextinguishable spirit.
Letters from Alaska
Author: John Muir
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780299139537
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780299139537
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Letters from Alaska and the Pacific Coast
Author: Horace Briggs
Publisher: Buffalo : [Dora Briggs North?], 1889 (Buffalo, N.Y. : E.H. Hutchinson)
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher: Buffalo : [Dora Briggs North?], 1889 (Buffalo, N.Y. : E.H. Hutchinson)
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description