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Seventeen Years in Alaska
2014
Overview
Swedish missionary Albin Johnson arrived in Alaska just before the
turn of the twentieth century, thousands of miles from home and
with just two weeks' worth of English classes under his belt. While
he intended to work among the Tlingit tribes of Yakutat, he found
himself in a wave of foreign arrivals as migrants poured into
Alaska seeking economic opportunities and the chance at a different
life. While Johnson came with pious intentions, others imposed
Western values and vices, leaving disease and devastation in their
wake. Seventeen Years in Alaska is Johnson's eyewitness
account of this tumultuous time. It is a captivating narrative of
an ancient people facing rapid change and of the missionaries
working to stem a corrupting tide. His journals offer a candid look
at the beliefs and lives of missionaries, and they ultimately
reveal the profound effect that he and other missionaries had on
the Tlingit. Tracing nearly two decades of spiritual hopes and
earthbound failures, Johnson's memoir is a fascinating portrait of
a rapidly changing world in one of the most far-flung areas of the
globe.
Publisher
University of Alaska Press
Subject
ISBN
9781602232112, 1602232113, 1602232121, 9781602232129
