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This novel portrays historical events experienced by an Alaska Native family over more than two centuries. Generations of teenagers adjust from subsistence living to invasion by Russian fur traders, the purchase by America, gold fever, WWII detention, huge earthquake, disastrous oil spill, and much more. Each chapter is a new adventure of a new generation. Ch.1 HARVEST OF THE FUR SEALS, Attu Island in 1745 Ch. 2 ESCAPE, Aleutian Islands in 1770 Ch. 3 THE GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER, Kodiak in 1794 Ch. 4 THE PRIEST, New Archangel, Russian America in 1834 Ch. 5 COMING OF AMERICA, Sitka in 1867 Ch. 6 GOLD NUGGETS, from Sitka to Nome in 1900 Ch. 7 RETURN, from Fairbanks to Seward in 1925 Ch. 8 EVACUATION, from St. Paul Island to a Southeast camp in 1942 Ch. 9 EARTHQUAKE, in Anchorage in 1964 Ch. 10 THE SPILL, in Valdez in 1989 Ch. 11 OLYMPIC GAMES, in Fairbanks in 2010
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Spirit Basket, Marie Osborn Reid
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2009
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- Titolo
- Spirit Basket
- Sottotitolo
- Over 200 Years of Adventures in Alaska
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Marie Osborn Reid
- Editore
- AuthorHouse
- Pubblicato
- 2009
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 146
- ISBN10
- 1438914083
- ISBN13
- 9781438914084
- Serie
- Valutazione
- 3,75 su 5
- Descrizione
- This novel portrays historical events experienced by an Alaska Native family over more than two centuries. Generations of teenagers adjust from subsistence living to invasion by Russian fur traders, the purchase by America, gold fever, WWII detention, huge earthquake, disastrous oil spill, and much more. Each chapter is a new adventure of a new generation. Ch.1 HARVEST OF THE FUR SEALS, Attu Island in 1745 Ch. 2 ESCAPE, Aleutian Islands in 1770 Ch. 3 THE GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER, Kodiak in 1794 Ch. 4 THE PRIEST, New Archangel, Russian America in 1834 Ch. 5 COMING OF AMERICA, Sitka in 1867 Ch. 6 GOLD NUGGETS, from Sitka to Nome in 1900 Ch. 7 RETURN, from Fairbanks to Seward in 1925 Ch. 8 EVACUATION, from St. Paul Island to a Southeast camp in 1942 Ch. 9 EARTHQUAKE, in Anchorage in 1964 Ch. 10 THE SPILL, in Valdez in 1989 Ch. 11 OLYMPIC GAMES, in Fairbanks in 2010