Hospital and Haven: The Life and Work of Grafton and Clara Burke in Northern Alaska - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9781496236180ISBN-10:1496236181UPC:9781496236180Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Medical (Incl. Patients), United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.06 x 6.06 x 1.57 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SC0NVDMM89
Hospital and Haven: The Life and Work of Grafton and Clara Burke in Northern Alaska
Hospital and Haven tells the story of an Episcopal missionary couple who lived their entire married life, from 1910 to 1938, among the Gwich'in peoples of northern Alaska, devoting themselves to the peoples' physical, social, and spiritual well-being. The era was marked by great social disruption within Alaska Native communities and high disease and death rates, owing to the influx of non-Natives...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9781496236180ISBN-10:1496236181UPC:9781496236180Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Medical (Incl. Patients), United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.06 x 6.06 x 1.57 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SC0NVDMM89
Mary F. Ehrlander is a professor emeritus of history and Arctic and northern studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is the winner of the 2018 Alaska Historical Society James H. Drucker Alaska Historian of the Year Award and is the author of Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son (Nebraska, 2017), winner of the Alaska Library Association's 2018 Alaskana Award. Hild M. Peters holds an MA in...
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