Before the storm [[electronic resource] ] : a year in the Pribilof Islands, 1941-1942 / / Fredericka Martin; edited with supplemental material by Raymond Hudson
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Martin Fredericka I
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Before the storm [[electronic resource] ] : a year in the Pribilof Islands, 1941-1942 / / Fredericka Martin; edited with supplemental material by Raymond Hudson
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| Pubblicazione: | Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 969/.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Aleuts - Social life and customs - 20th century |
| Natural history - Alaska - Pribilof Islands | |
| Seals (Animals) - Alaska - Pribilof Islands - History - 20th century | |
| Medical care - Alaska - Pribilof Islands - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Pribilof Islands (Alaska) Description and travel |
| Pribilof Islands (Alaska) Social life and customs 20th century | |
| Pribilof Islands (Alaska) History 20th century | |
| Saint Paul Island (Alaska) Biography | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
HudsonRay <1943->
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| Note generali: | Originally an unpublished manuscript written in 1942 entitled The wind is no river. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-375) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Chapter 33; Chapter 34; Chapter 35; Chapter 36; Chapter 37; Chapter 38; Chapter 39; Chapter 40; Chapter 41; Chapter 42; Chapter 43; Afterword; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Notes; Bibliography |
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| Sommario/riassunto: | From June of 1941 through the following summer, Fredericka Martin lived with her husband, Dr. Samuel Berenberg, on remote St. Paul Island in Alaska. During that time, Martin delved into the complex history of the Unangan people, and Before the Storm draws from her personal accounts of that year and her research to present a fascinating portrait of a time and a people facing radical change. A government-ordered evacuation of all Aleuts from the island in the face of World War II, which Martin recounts in her journal, proved but the first step in a long struggle by native peoples to gain indepen |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Before the storm |
| ISBN: | 1-60223-103-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458218603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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