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Available
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Publication
Margaret K. McElderry (2005), Edition: 1, 272 pages
Description
In the 1860s, Erinia Pavaloff's life at a trading post in Russian America gets more complicated when the region is annexed to the United States and members of the small community become American Alaskans. Author's note identifies the historical basis for the story.
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LibraryThing member jennybeast
An interesting counterpoint to both westward expansion children's lit (Wilder et al.) and miner stories from the Yukon. More of a nonfiction account than most of Hill's other work, in that it is a narrative with a real historical personage as the subject. Parts are harsh, parts are beautiful, but
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the central themes of familial love and changing times remain strong and bittersweet. Show Less
Awards
Great Reads from Great Places (Alaska — 2007)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
272 p.; 5.75 inches
ISBN
0689873883 / 9780689873881