Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled: A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska
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Book Overview
Between 1905 and 1910 Stuck made winter journeys to visit the missions and parishes in his district. He describes that immense circuit-from Canada to Nome and from the Arctic Circle to the Kuskokwim-and the natural phenomena and inhabitants he found there.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080329185X
ISBN13:9780803291850
Release Date:January 1988
Publisher:Bison Books
Length:420 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.3" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
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Enlightened & As Tough As They Come
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
A wonderful book. English born Stuck was appointed Episcopal Archbishop for the Alaska territory at the end of the 19th century, a role he took very seriously. For a product of blue-blood Victorian England his attitudes to the native peoples were surprisingly enlightened (for example, he rages against the corrupting influence of Russian fur traders). Tough as the any of the most intrepid Victorian explorers his stiff upper lip attitude to the dangers & deprivations of back country life make for amusing reading (apparently he dressed for dinner on the trail). The Alaska University Press edition contained some nice photographs, I'm not sure if this one does.
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