| Hall Young of Alaska: The Mushing Parson Contributor(s): Young, S. Hall (Author), Marquis, John a. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1432623230 ISBN-13: 9781432623234 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $48.56 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2004 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: 1927. The autobiographical tales of an American missionary, naturalist and explorer in the territory of Alaska. Contents: Old Butler; Whence?; The Best of Parents; Childhood; Education; Northwestward Ho!; Up Against It; The Queer People; Beginnings; Blunders; The Gathering Cloud; The Storm; Victory; Superstition Dies Hard; Tearing Down and Building Up; Great Events; Organization; A Voyage of Enchantment; A Great Discovery; The Northern Tribes; Catastrophe and Compensation; The Hydas; A Busy Year; Real Progress; The Fire; Civil Government; The Worst Savages; Native Mythology; Last Years at Fort Wrangell; Good-Bye, Wrangell; The Great Stampede; The Survival of the Fittest; Religion in the Klondike; King Winter Fruition The Nome Rush; Progress Amid Confusion; The Fairbanks Stampede; Friendly Alaska and Lonely New York; The Homecoming; and L'Envoi. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Religion | Inspirational - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6" W x 9" (1.92 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Alaska |
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