Tisha (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Anne S. Purdy
- First Published: 1976
- Time of Work: 1927–1928
- Setting: Alaska
- Principal Characters: Anne Hobbs, Mr. Strong, Maggie Carew, Mr. Vaughn, Angela Barret, Fred Purdy, Chuck
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Education or educators, Rural or country life, Schools or school life, 1920’s, Native Americans or American Indians, Biography, Alaska, Arctic, Snow, Sleds or sledding, Inuit
- Locales: Alaska
Form and Content
In Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness, Robert Specht relates the novel-like, detailed account of the life of Anne Hobbs, a young, idealistic woman who took on the wilds and uncertainties of a wilderness settlement unlike anything she had ever experienced. The text is divided into chapters, but they are only minute breaks in the events of the year that Hobbs spent in Chicken, Alaska. The book begins with an introduction by Hobbs, as she sets the stage for the adventures and conflicts that she experienced during her stay at the...
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