Carol F. (cactusflowerwomen) reviewed on 12/4/2021 + 628 more book reviews

Excellent true story about HnnahBreece, one of the very first white teachers in Alaska in the early 1900"s. That she went there at the age of 45 only increased the respect she earned for all her travails. Of course, the treatment of the native Alaskans, Eskimos and Aleuts was abominable, much as how we treated the Native American population in the States and Canada, and probably world for other indigenous peoples. She was Christian and very much a prohibitionist particularly seeing the horrible toll of alcohol on the local natives. What made her most outstanding was how much she actually cared about the natives and their culture and always definded their rights.

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