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Tisha

The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness

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Tisha

By: Robert Specht, Anne Purdy
Narrated by: Caroline McLaughlin
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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.

©1976 Robert Specht (P)2017 Tantor Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Americas Educators Love, Dating & Attraction Professionals & Academics Relationships Women Alaska Heartfelt

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"Hauntingly beautiful... Anyone who loves great, human stories, true life adventure, Alaska, or social commentary of life in the early 1900s will love this book." ( The Joy of Booking)
Compelling Adventure • Beautiful Love Story • Excellent Narration • Fascinating History • Inspiring Perseverance
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Enjoyed listening to the audio version while I was painting! Really made the time fly by!

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The narrator did an excellent job portraying all of the different characters. Especially the young children of various ethnicities.

Next best thing to visiting Alaska in person!

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Beautiful story of how one girl can make a meaningful difference in the Alaskan wilderness 🩵

Beautiful story!

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This reminded me of Anne of Green Gables but the Alaska version. I was riveted and routing for Anne, Chuck, lil’ Ethel, and Fred. Inspiring story of grit on the last frontier. An insightful look at racism in Alaska in the 1920’s.

Anne of Chicken Alaska

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I loved the description of the surrounding and the authors characters. I could really see them as if I was actually there. The historical research was spot on. The adventure kept me engaged. Having been a teacher a ways back, I often thought of going out into the wilderness for the true chance to go back to a time of one room school rooms. This book gave me that opportunity thru words. Well done!

A teacher in chicken Alaska

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Good story about hard life in Alaska. Also interesting about prejudices among natives. Sad that Indians live in such poverty but don’t seem to care. Hard life back in that time.

Narrator was very flat and without any quality.

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This is one of my most favorite stories, but the narration was absolutely horrible! She read too fast and in an almost monotone.

Horrible Narrator

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An unbelievable story from the early days of American Alaska. Wonderful. I was totally blown away.

Tisha

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I wish they would make a movie out of this story it is such an incredible story!

Epic Timeless Book

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The story kept me listening because the people were interesting. It was a bit old fashioned but I’d was written from a 1930’s story.

Alaskan history in story form was nice

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One of the best books of this time but read by a very monotone lady.

Narrator left a lot to be desired

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