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A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska : The Story of Hannah Breece Paperback - 1997
by Hannah Breece
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- Paperback
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. 30 photos.
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- Title A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska : The Story of Hannah Breece
- Author Hannah Breece
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Vintage Book
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1997
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0679776338I4N00
- ISBN 9780679776338 / 0679776338
- Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.21 x 0.73 in (20.37 x 13.23 x 1.85 cm)
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Themes
- Geographic Orientation: Alaska
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Hannah Breece braved the Alaskan wilderness nearly a century ago to teach native children how to become Americans. A proud and fiercely independent woman, she struggled against great odds to establish federally sponsored schools in remote settlements. This is her own story of her many adventures on the Alaskan frontier. Breece compiled a draft of her experiences from her diaries and letters, but never completed the project. Before she died, she entrusted the manuscript to her great-niece Jane Jacobs, and this delightful book is the results. Jane Jacobs visited the communities her great-aunt described to fill in some of the gaps in her story. Her original research complements Hannah Breece's story to give us a vivid picture of old Alaska, of the infant settlements of Juneau, Kodiak, Seward and Fairbanks, and of the amazing woman who conquered its frozen wilderness, loved its children and, for nearly fifteen years, made it her home.
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- New York Times, 03/23/1997, Page 28