Life in Alaska: The Reminiscences of a Kansas Woman, 1916-1919

by May Wynne Lamb

Book Overview

"A chance to see the world My mother's good red blood was in my veins, and if she could be a guiding light in a homestead on the prairies, I could be the same in a native village." That was May Wynne's immediate reaction to the chance to teach in a remote Eskimo village in Alaska. The year was 1916, and May, the daughter of a pioneer Kansas family, was two years out of teachers' college and ready for adventure. Life in Alaska is an engaging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803279272
• ISBN13: 9780803279278
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Look Back into Alaska

Fascinating look at life in Alaska in the early 1900s from the perspective of one very game schoolteacher. Author was a true adventuress in an era before women were allowed to be much other than wives and mothers. An interesting read.