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Seventeen years in Alaska : a depiction of life among the Indians of Yakutat / / Albin Johnson, posted by the Swedish Mission's Organization, 1889 ; edited and translated by Mary Ehrlander



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Autore: Johnson Albin <1865-1947, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Seventeen years in Alaska : a depiction of life among the Indians of Yakutat / / Albin Johnson, posted by the Swedish Mission's Organization, 1889 ; edited and translated by Mary Ehrlander Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Fairbanks : , : University of Alaska Press, , [2014]
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (136 p.)
Disciplina: 979.8004/9727
Soggetto topico: Tlingit Indians - Missions - Alaska - Yakutat Bay Region
Tlingit Indians - Alaska - Yakutat Bay Region - Social life and customs
Missionaries - Alaska - Yakutat Bay Region
Missionaries - Sweden
Soggetto geografico: Sweden
Alaska Yakutat Bay Region
Alaska
Soggetto genere / forma: Biographies.
History
collective biographies.
Persona (resp. second.): EhrlanderMary F.
Note generali: Translation of: Sjutton ar i Alaska.
Translated from the Swedish.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction-Mary Ehrlander; Foreword; Author's Foreword; I; The Childhood Home; II; The Journey to Alaska; III; Mission Works' Founding; A First Fruit's Sheaf; The First Christmas in Alaska; Victory Spoils from the Mission Field in Alaska; "The Criers" in Alaska; IV; A Dark Chapter; Professor David Nyvall's Letter to Mellander; V; A Magic Man Hears the Gospel; Practical Work; An Old Legend; The Tlingit Indians' Concept of God; "Whale Killer Feast"; Totem Poles; Wedding in Alaska; At a Funeral; VI; A Little Geography; Alaska's Mountainous Landscape
Earthquake and Fire-Spewing MountainsA Mountain Climb; Professor David Nyvall's Visit to the Mission Station, Summer 1903; Alaska, a Land of Gold; Alaska's Climate; Wild Berries; VII; Hunting and Fishing in Alaska; A Bear Story; The Man Who Shot Many Bears; An Adventuresome Seal Hunt; The Tlingit's Yearly Potlatch (Annual Feast); VIII; Sunset in Alaska; The Northern Lights; Chief George Naa-kaa-nee; The Thousand-Year-Old Woman; Stranded on an Island; An Adventure at the Hot Springs; IX; The Census in Alaska, Year 1900; Implementation of the Law in Alaska; X; The Fruits of the Mission Work
NotesWorks Cited; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Swedish missionary Albin Johnson arrived in Alaska just before the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of miles from home and with just two weeks' worth of English classes under his belt. While he intended to work among the Tlingit tribes of Yakutat, he found himself in a wave of foreign arrivals as migrants poured into Alaska seeking economic opportunities and the chance at a different life. While Johnson came with pious intentions, others imposed Western values and vices, leaving disease and devastation in their wake.Seventeen Years in Alaska is Johnson's eyewitness account of this tumu
Titolo autorizzato: Seventeen years in Alaska  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-60223-212-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826427703321
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Serie: Rasmuson Library historical translation series ; ; volume 16.