Publication

2006 - PublicAffairs, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

100,000 words, Guess

Page Count

400 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006009159
  • LibraryThing2703517
  • Goodreads63674

Classifications

  • DDC979.8/02
  • LCCF912.B2 T35 2006

Description

Recounts Tom Lopp's 1897 journey to save two hundred whalers whose ships had become trapped in the ice on Alaska's northern coast, describing how Lopp and seven Eskimo herders risked their lives to drive four hundred reindeer across more than seven hundred untracked miles to save the strangers.

Subjects

Topics

EskimosHistoryReindeerBiographyBear (Ship)MissionariesBear (Ship.)

Places

AlaskaPoint BarrowCape Prince of WalesPoint (Alaska) BarrowBarrow, Point (Alaska)Cape (Alaska) Prince of WalesPrince of Wales, Cape (Alaska)

People

William Thomas Lopp (1864-1939)Ellen Louise Kittredge Lopp (1868-1947)

Times

Genres

  • Biography.

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