Frost among the Eskimos : memoirs of Helen Frost, missionary nurse on the Seward Peninsula, 1926-1961.
Title:
Frost among the Eskimos : memoirs of Helen Frost, missionary nurse on the Seward Peninsula, 1926-1961.
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Publication Information:
Concord, Calif. : Lutheran Pioneer Press, c2001.
Physical Description:
181 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
ISBN:
9780964222809
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 180).
Personal Subject:
Contents:
Eskimos history: Whalers, reindeer, Nome Gold Rush, The epidemic -- Orphanage at Teller -- Call to Alaska -- Life at the orphanage -- Igloo -- Back to Igloo -- Teller, Shishmaref and Nome -- Sitka -- Appendix: Retirement years, Tributes, Early history, Funeral Service, Seward congregations today, A closing devotion, Bibliography.