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Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness
Tisha The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness
Author: Robert Specht
The author tells the story as told to him of Anne Hobbs, a woman who went to Alaska in the 1920s to teach, but who had trouble due to her kindness to the Indians there. Anne Hobbs is a prim and proper 19-year-old schoolteacher who yearns for adventure. She finds this and much more in a town with the unlikely name of Chicken, located deep in the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553265965
ISBN-10: 0553265962
Publication Date: 1977
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 53 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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 harmony85 avatar reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 982 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This book was absolutely wonderful. Get it! Even my Mom loved it, and she's not a big reader. True-to-life story of a woman who moves to a remote Alaskan village to teach.
PitterPat avatar reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on
Helpful Score: 4
This is a great book. It is a true story about a young woman teaching in the bush of Alaska in 1927. Along with the obstacles of weather and lack of supplies, she has to deal with racism against Indians that she didn't expect. The descriptions of Alaska, makes you feel as if you are right there. This story has a lot -- history, travel, coming-of-age, adventure and love.
Cantnever avatar reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 161 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I loved this book. Adventure! Romance! An exciting setting with a story worth telling. Seemed REAL to me. Just worth every minute spent reading it -- and I wished it would go on and on.
xmascarol avatar reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 261 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This wonderful story has love and adventure... I just couldnt put it down... and its a true story.. It gave me an appreciation for the life I have...I heartily recommend it.
reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 82 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Bursting with all the warmth of James Herriot's books...the wonderful true love story of a young teacher in the Alaskan wilderness.
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 reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 125 more book reviews
I thought this book was just totally readable. I couldn't put it down. The true story of a 19 year old female school teacher who goes to Alaska. An amazing story.
reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 11 more book reviews
I found this book difficult to read, not because it is poorly written but because the story is claimed as a true one. As a researcher engaged in a project about the Fortymile and who knows the Purdy family, I can say that Tisha is a highly fictionalized account of Anne Hobbs' first year in Alaska in a town called Chicken. Read it and enjoy it as an adventurous love story but don't believe it and certainly don't try to do any genealogical or geographical research based on it.
Cantnever avatar reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 161 more book reviews
I absolutely adore this book! You can tell I'm a bit enthusiastic about it, right? Tisha the young teacher has the chance of a lifetime to teach in Alaska. She jumps at the chance. Her adventures and her life are a thrilling tale to tell. And it's not FICTION - it really happened. After reading the library edition - I sent away for a really nice copy because I wanted it for my permanent library collection. A keeper. Recommend.
reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 11 more book reviews
I found this book difficult to read, not because it is poorly written but because the story is claimed as a true one. As a researcher engaged in a project about the Fortymile and who knows the Purdy family, I can say that Tisha is a highly fictionalized account of Anne Hobbs' first year in Alaska in a town called Chicken. Read it and enjoy it as an adventurous love story but don't believe it and certainly don't try to do any genealogical or geographical research based on it.
reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 125 more book reviews
This is a wonderful book. I couldn't put it down. Proof that true stories are the most exciting and inspiring!
reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 60 more book reviews
This is a wonderful true story about a young woman who began her teaching career in the backwoods of Alaska. I highly recommend it.
Cantnever avatar reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 161 more book reviews
I absolutely adore this book! You can tell I'm a bit enthusiastic about it, right? Tisha the young teacher has the chance of a lifetime to teach in Alaska. She jumps at the chance. Her adventures and her life are a thrilling tale to tell. And it's not FICTION - it really happened. After reading the library edition - I sent away for a really nice copy because I wanted it for my permanent library collection. A keeper. Recommend.
readinggranny avatar reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 87 more book reviews
Heard about this book from a friend. It was very interesting,if you like historical novels. Story about a young woman starting out to teach in 1927. She went to the wilds of Alaska and it was very much a wilderness in 1927. This was her first experience teaching in Alaska. It was a tiny gold-mining community called Chicken.
reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 8 more book reviews
The wonderful true love story of a young teacher in the Alaskan wilderness.
reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 38 more book reviews
I enjoyed this book. Learned many things I didn't know about prejudice in Alaska at the time this book was set in. Made me glad I have central heating in the school I work in.
reviewed Tisha : The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness on + 11 more book reviews
I found this book difficult to read, not because it is poorly written but because the story is claimed as a true one. As a researcher engaged in a project about the Fortymile and who knows the Purdy family, I can say that Tisha is a highly fictionalized account of Anne Hobbs' first year in Alaska in a town called Chicken. Read it and enjoy it as an adventurous love story but don't believe it and certainly don't try to do any genealogical or geographical research based on it.


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