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02494aam a2200409 a 4500 001 30CC7DDC52B111E9B3ECE36E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190330010017 008 950207t19951995nyuab b 001 0beng 020 $a 9780394224763 020 $a 0394224760 035 $a (OCoLC)32050838 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d XY4 $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCG $d MTG $d NIALS $d ZWZ $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ak 050 00 $a LA2317.B586 $b A3 1995 082 00 $a 371.1/092 $2 20 082 04 $a B $2 20 100 1 $a Breece, Hannah 245 12 $a A schoolteacher in old Alaska $b the story of Hannah Breece $c edited, and with an introduction and commentary by Jane Jacobs 246 3 $a School teacher in old Alaska 250 $a First edition 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House, $c 1995 300 $a xxii, 302 pages $b illustrations, maps $c 22 cm 500 $a Colored maps on endpapers 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index 505 0 $a Memoir by Hannah Breece: Prelude to my assignment -- Welcome to Afognak -- Organizing the school -- Sunday school crisis -- Seasons -- Russian ceremonies -- Kodiak, Wood Island and Seward -- Wild-goose chase into the Interior -- Life on Wood Island -- Back to Iliamna -- School in Iliamna -- Surviving in the cold -- Nondalton Fishing Camp -- Fish famine -- Second famine year -- Waiting for the steamer -- To the Arctic Circle -- Long journeys to court -- Last assignments -- Commentary: Puzzles, tangles, clarifications: Educational policy and Sheldon Jackson -- Reindeer project -- Bureaucracy -- Fort Yukon troubles -- Fellow teachers -- Miraculous rescues -- Who was Gregory? -- Epilogue 520 $a As an American woman on the Alaskan frontier at the turn of the century, Hannah Breece challenged the wilderness to teach native children. This moving, gripping account of her many adventures tells of Hannah camping with Indians, being attacked by wild dogs, and facing death on many occasions 600 10 $a Breece, Hannah 650 0 $a Teachers $z Alaska $v Biography 650 0 $a Eskimos $x History $z Alaska $x History 650 0 $a Indians of North America $x History $z Alaska $x History 655 7 $a Biography $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a History $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Jacobs, Jane, $d 1916-2006 941 $a 1 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111011306.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=30CC7DDC52B111E9B3ECE36E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search