Bibliograph

Tisha, the story of a young teacher in the Alaska wilderness, as told to Robert Specht

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Tisha, the story of a young teacher in the Alaska wilderness, as told to Robert Specht

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

840L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tisha

Oclc number

46389783

Responsibility statement

as told to Robert Specht

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Accelerated Reader, UG, 5.1, 19, 19, 37034.

Sub title

the story of a young teacher in the Alaska wilderness

Summary

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 Alaskan interior. It is 1927 and Chicken is a wild mining community flaming with gold fever. Anne quickly makes friends with many of the townspeople, but is soon ostracized when she not only befriends the local Indians but also falls in love with one

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Story of a young teacher in the Alaska wilderness

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