Download or read book Tales from the Territory Stories of Southeast Alaska written by Robert Kinerk and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Kinerk grew up hearing great Alaska stories. He has recreated many of them in Tales from the Territory. He lived in Alaska from when it was a territory, working as a reporter, as a logger, and an ambulance attendant. He labored in a pulp mill and moonlighted as a night-time disc jockey. His stories are of rugged and often solitary women and men driven by the demands of climate and of distance to rely mostly on themselves. On their own, they thread their way past life's snares and pitfalls. In Tales from the Territory, a reader will discover kids and grown-ups, priests and prostitutes, arsonists and artists working out the adventures and misadventures life presents them. Sometimes they tackle that job rightly, sometimes wrongly. But they always do it humanly, with all the bumps and warts and wanderings that being human entails. They bring to the task of living their accumulated stores of strength and their burdens of frailty. Those burdens and those strengths are at the heart of Tales from the Territory.
Download or read book Haunted Inside Passage written by Bjorn Dihle and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty stories showcasing the supernatural legends and unsolved mysteries of Southeast Alaska, with a focus on the region between Yakutat and Petersburg, where the author has lived his entire life, writing, teaching, guiding, commercial fishing, and investigating ghost stories. Each chapter is rooted in Bjorn’s own adventures and will intertwine fascinating history, interviews, and his reflections. Bjorn’s writing, sometimes poignant and often wickedly funny, brings to mind Hunter S. Thompson and Patrick McManus. Chapters touch on legends such as Alexander Baranov, Soapy Smith, James Wickersham, and the Kóoshdaa Káa (Kushtaka) to lesser known but fascinating characters like “Naked” Joe Knowles and purported serial killer Ed Krause. From duplicitous if not downright diabolical humans to demons of the fjords and deep seas and cryptids of the forest, Bjorn presents a lively cross-section of the haunter and the haunted found in Alaska’s Inside Passage.
Download or read book Tales of Alaska and the Yukon written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Otter Tales written by Dennis Waller and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land Otter Man, aka, The KushtakaKushtaka or Kooshdakhaa is a Tlingit word meaning “land otter man.” The Kushtaka is on one hand the nemeses of the Tlingit people, yet necessary to their Shamans who play a critical role in the survival of the Tlingits. The Tlingit people are as mysterious in their beliefs as the Kushtaka, making for strange bedfellows. “Otter Tales- Stories of the Land Otter Man and Other Spirit Stories based on the Folklore of the Tlingit of Southeastern Alaska” is an excerpt from the book, “In Search of the Kushtaka” by Dennis Waller. The purpose of these 10 stories is to serve as an introduction into the myths and legends of the Tlingit People.
Download or read book Alaska Fairy Tales Stories from the Great North written by Jackie Mazeikas and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is inspired by the wonder and beauty of Alaska and the author's love of the great outdoors! Welcome to a world where your imagination can run wild, where animals speak, laugh, dance, and on occasion, even romance. They share their secrets and thoughts with care, where lessons of life are learned each day, but all are encouraged to take time to play. The author hopes to share a positive message in each short story, one that encourages and inspires others to have faith and hope and to believe in themselves. She hopes you enjoy her beautiful world of make-believe!
Download or read book A Story to Tell written by Richard Nichols and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances Nannauck Kraus takes her eleven-year-old granddaughter, Marissa, to Kake, Alaska--the place of much of their family history. On one of their walks, they climb up a hill to the tallest totem poles in the world. On their way up the hill, Fran tells Marissa stories about some of the history and traditions of the Tlingit people. Marissa begins to have a better understanding of her heritage and learns the importance of sharing that knowledge with others--by telling her stories.
Download or read book Slim and Miss Prim written by Robert Kinerk and published by Rising Moon Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When rustlers capture the talkative Marigold Prim, her cattle, and her ranch hand, they find her incessant conversation too much to bear and change their plans.
Download or read book Alaska Stories written by Chronicle Books and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1995-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our Voices written by James Ruppert and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling is an important, vibrant tradition among the Native peoples of the Far North, especially in the Athabaskan communities of interior Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Here for the first time is an anthology of the best stories that Athabaskan speakers tell about themselves, their communities, and the cold, beautiful world of the Far North. Showcased are twenty accomplished Native storytellers, recognized as masters by their people, who come from the Deg Hit'an, Koyukon, Gwich'in, Northern and Southern Tutchone, Kaska, Tagish, Upper and Lower Tanana, Tanacross, Upper Kuskokwim, Dena'ina, Ahtna, and Eyak communities. Men and women, young and old, recount popular tales of legendary times, such as how Raven Shaped the World. They also share meaningful, sometimes intimate, stories about their own lives, their families, or the history of their people. These evocative, wonderfully crafted stories are a literary treasure trove; entertaining, enchanting, and offering an unforgettable glimpse of the Native peoples who live under the bright lights of the Far North.
Download or read book The Story of a Tlingit Community written by Frederica De Laguna and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angoon area, southeast Alaska.
Download or read book Little Whale written by Roy Peratrovich, Jr. and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keet, a ten-year-old Tlingit Indian boy, stows away for a voyage on his father’s canoe . . . and soon finds himself caught in the middle of a wild seastorm. The story carries him far from his home village, and when he makes land, he winds up right in the middle of a dangerous dispute between two Indian clans. The story of how he copes with these surprises and extricates himself from danger is dramatic and unforgettable. And it’s mostly true. Roy Peratrovich here builds a wonderful children’s tale on the bones of a story his own grandfather passed down. His accompanying illustrations bring the people and landscapes of Alaska—to say nothing of the adventures!—to stunning life, drawing young readers into a long-gone time when the whims of nature and man could suddenly test a boy’s courage.
Download or read book Let s Go written by Hannah Lindoff and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A children's story that teaches about subsistence harvesting activities of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian of Southeast Alaska."--Publisher's website.
Download or read book Last Frontier written by Alaska Magazine and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1935, Alaska magazine has charted the development of our biggest, most mysterious state. With compelling stories on such events as earthquakes, tidal waves, grizzly and polar bear attacks, the Russian influence, the Gold Rush, the Japanese invasion of the Aleutians during World War II, hunting and fishing, the lives of sourdoughs, village life, and much more, The Last Frontier truly captures the essence of our largest state. Other chapters include the tale of the Eskimo commercial pilot, flying villagers across the Arctic. Or the one about the young woman who conducted the 1940 census in the Interior by dog team. Or the story about the family who placed their automobile on a raft, hooked paddles to the axles, and steered their home-built paddle-wheeler down the Yukon River to the first road-whereupon they removed the car from the barge, and drove home to Nebraska.Other stories you won't want to miss in this book include: Don Sheldon's floatplane rescue of eight men from white water; the mystery of Klutuk, the beast of the tundra; how Julie Collins's sled dog saved her life; the trials and tribulations of a nurse running a hospital on the arctic coast in 1921; an Athabascan writer interviews her grandmother, a medicine woman; newsworthy events across the state and much, much more.
Download or read book Ice to Fire written by Marty Strauss and published by Cork Hill Press. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ice to Fire is the fictional story of a native people struggling to meet the challenge of invaders to their homeland and their struggle to maintain their cultural identity. Ice to Fire is a two hundred year fictional history of a Native fishing village in Southeast Alaska. Topu, the village where the story takes place, is a fictional place based on many of the characteristics of native villages in the area. The story is a mixture of history, stories and folklore told to Marty Strauss while living and working in Alaska. Against the backdrop of Southeast Alaska Ice to Fire tells the story of a native people evolving as invaders from the south and Europe enter the area. Each new group brings changes and challenges for the village to consider and possibly adopt while struggling to maintain their culture and traditions. The story spans a time from just before the Russians arrive in Alaska to the latter part of the 20th Century. Although Topu is a fictional location, the story is based on interviews with elders and listening to their Native history as told through dance and stories.
Download or read book Alaska s Totem Poles written by Pat Kramer and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the mists of Alaska's rain forest, totem poles have stood watch for untold generations. Imbued with mystery to outsider eyes, the fierce, carved symbols silently spoke of territories, legends, memorials, and paid debts. Today many of these cultural icons are preserved for the public to enjoy in heritage parks and historical centers through southeast Alaska. And, after nearly a century of repression, totem carving among Alaska's Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian peoples is flourishing again. In this newly revised edition of Alaska's Totem Poles, readers learn about the history and use of totems, clan crests, symbolism, and much more. A special section describes where to go to view totems. Author Pat Kramer traveled throughout the homelands of the Totem People—along Alaska's Panhandle, the coast of British Columbia, and into the Northwest—meeting the people, learning their stores, and researching and photographing totem poles. Foreword writer David A. Boxley also offers the unique perspective of a Native Alaskan carver who has been a leader in the renaissance. This is a handy guide for travelers in Southeast Alaska who want to learn more about Alaska's totems. There's even a guide of where to view totems in the state. Ravens, killer whales (Orca) and bears... they're all represented in the totem.
Download or read book Timothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks written by Robert Kinerk and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That Timothy! What ever has gotten into him! One morning he decides to accomplish the impossible -- to go an entire month without changing his socks. Ever. No matter what. Phew!Despite the pleading of his parents, the urging of the school principal, and a visit by the Board of Health, Timothy sticks to his word. After all, a boy must keep his promises. Just ask Timothy -- he'll tell you. And now his town will never be the same again.With wit and whimsy, Robert Kinerk tells a story of a boy who follows through on what he says he'll do. Stephen Gammell's sweetly sassy illustrations make the ride even more fun. And if you're ever near Timothy's hometown, make sure to stop by Town Hall to see his socks for yourself. Or what's left of them, that is!
Download or read book Chechahco and Sourdough written by Scott Cardelle Bone and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
