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| Sheldon Jackson | |||
Winning
the West for Christ: Sheldon Jackson and Presbyterianism on the Rocky
Mountain Frontier, 1869-1880 by Norman J. BendeOn a high bluff overlooking Sioux City, Iowa, Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) committed himself in prayer to "win the West for Christ" in the spring of 1869. As railroads opened the West after the Civil War and new communities sprang up along their tracks, Jackson began proselytizing on the frontier. When Jackson arrived in new towns he single-mindedly solicited members to organize Presbyterian churches. Within a decade he had established almost a hundred churches and missions as well as a number of schools. In 1877, he turned his attention to Alaska, founding schools and training centers for native Alaskans. He worried that native cultures and their arts and ways of life would vanish, with no records of their past. His collections became the foundation for a museum of natural history and ethnology in Sitka. This biography, the first since 1908, reinterprets Jackson in a sympathetic, yet balanced perspective. |
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| Jack London | |||
Jack
London: A Biography by Daniel DyerA fascinating man by any account, the story of Jack London can serve as an inspiration to all. Daniel Dyer, with access to Jack London's personal papers, letters and manuscripts and an interview with his daughter Becky, has attempted to provide a complete and accurate portrayal. For young adult readers. |
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American
Dreamers: Charmian and Jack London by Clarice StaszThis biography counters some of the popular views of Jack London with a more balanced perspective. This is a compelling portrait that challenges the long held view of London as a rough, hard-drinking womanizer, and of his second wife Charmian as a passive, childish dependent. Instead, this is a love story and a fascinating portrait of a couple whose courage, passion and vitality remain a model of love fulfilled. |
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Jack
London: A Life by Alex KershawJack London's life was as dramatic as any of the stories he created. Raised in poverty, he dropped out of school to support his mother, working in mind-deadening jobs that would foster a lifelong interest in socialism. His lust for adventure took him from the beaches of Hawaii to the gold fields of Alaska, where he experienced firsthand the struggles for survival he would later immortalize in classics like White Fang and The Call of the Wild. |
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The
Call of the Wild by Jack LondonIn this quintessential adventure story, Jack London takes readers on an arduous journey through the forbidding Alaskan landscape during the gold rush of the 1890s. Buck, a rangy mixed breed used to a comfortable, sun-filled life as a family dog, is stolen by a greedy opportunist and sold to dog traffickers. In no time, Buck finds himself on a team of sled dogs run ragged in the harsh winter of the Klondike. |
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White
Fang by Jack LondonBorn in a cave, in famine, in the frozen arctic, White Fang was three-quarters wolf--yet only half wild. Man's cruel ignorance pushed the intelligence and nobility of the creature into the realm of pure rage. Only one man saw beyond the cage to give Fang hope for life, freedom, and the gift of friendship. |
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Sea-Wolf by Jack London An epic of action-filled excitement. Rescued from drowning, a pampered gentleman awakes in a special kind of hell. He's aboard the Ghost, a sealing schooner outbound for months of hunting. Wolf Larson, the devilish captain, a fiendish crew, the cruel sea, and unlikely love make this tale immortal. |
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Martin
Eden by Jack LondonSemiautobiographical novel by Jack London, published in 1909. The title character becomes a writer, hoping to acquire the respectability sought by his society-girl sweetheart. She spurns him, however, when his writing is rejected by several magazines and when he is falsely accused of being a socialist. |
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| John Muir | |||
Travels
in Alaska by John MuirCompiled from journals written from his visits to Alaska in 1879, 1880, 1881, 1890 and 1899, John Muir captures a view of Alaska that is unique and exciting. The joy of discovery runs rampant throughout this extraordinary adventure. We are thankful that through this work of John Muir, the Alaska of yesterday is preserved. |
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Letters
From Alaska by John Muir, Robert Engberg (Editor), Bruce Merrell
(Editor)Compiled from letters published in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, these writings retain the freshness, immediacy, and candor that mark Muir's best publications. They are also rare accounts of southeastern Alaskan history,...Muir's reports on the region's Natives and missionaries, gold mines, towns, mountains, trees, glaciers, and wildlife. |
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