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Cargando... Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness (1976)por Robert Specht, Anne Hobbs
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Alaska, 1927. Anne Hobbs has traveled by ornery pony to be a teacher in the Alaskan remote village of Chicken. Tisha is a true story as told to Robert Specht. Barely twenty years old, Anne begins her adventure in Chicken battling sub-zero cold winters and even more frigid prejudiced hearts. The natives of Alaska are considered lesser people even though it is their land. The word siwash is derogatory, both as a noun and a verb. Even the children are not exempt from cruel words and actions of the white community. Anne is not fazed by the immature behavior of the white community and, after developing a fondness for one such "half breed" child named Chuck, insists he attend her school. The taunts and threats now targeting Anne grow louder when she develops an even stronger fondness for a "half breed" adult named Fred. It isn't until Anne and Fred survive a terrible tragedy that the community starts to slowly come around. Anne Hobbs accepts a job teaching in Alaska in 1927, at the age of 18. This is her story, as told to Robert Specht. The way she and the brave people of Chicken, AK, lived is astounding. They are definitely a tough group of people. One thing that was hard to read was the intense racism against the Native Alaskans and those who were part white, part Native Alaskan. I had to keep reminding myself of the time period to accept what I read. It made me admire Anne even more for sticking to her principles of treating all children and indeed all people as equals. She and her husband eventually adopted 10 Native Alaskan children. It was interesting to read of how day-to-day life was lived in a place that was often 50 degrees below 0. The last pages of the book were particularly exciting and scary. I could hardly put it down. “Tisha as told by Robert Specht” just didn’t do it for me. I found the narrative and writing style difficult to wade through. it’s a story of a real person in a real place with great reviews, but I just couldn’t connect with it. There are a lot of people that will defend its merit on goodreads (one of which claims to be a direct descendant), so maybe it’s I situational thing for me and I just couldn’t see it’s value…moving on. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:The beloved real-life story of a woman in the Alaskan wilderness, the children she taught, and the man she loved. From the time Id been a girl, Id been thrilled with the idea of living on a frontier. So when I was offered the job of teaching school in a gold-mining settlement called Chicken, I accepted right away. Anne Hobbs was only nineteen in 1927 when she came to harsh and beautiful Alaska. Running a ramshackle schoolhouse would expose her to more than just the elements. After she allowed Native American children into her class and fell in love with a half-Inuit man, she would learn the meanings of prejudice and perseverance, irrational hatred and unconditional love. People get as mean as the weather, she discovered, but they were also capable of great good. As told to Robert Specht, Anne Hobbss true story has captivated generations of readers. Now this beautiful new edition is available to inspire many more. The memoir reads like an old-fashioned novel, a heartwarming love story with the added interest of frontier hardships and vividly portrayed characters.Publishers Weekly. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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There are themes of poverty, racism, and young love; descriptions of the landscape and outdoor adventures actually made snow and cold sound exciting to me, and I hate both those things!
I really liked the story, but felt that it ended abruptly. A longer, more detailed epilogue would have made for a more satisfying read.
Note: There is quite a bit of profanity. ( )