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Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son (Hardcover) Loot Price: R541
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Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son (Hardcover): Mary F Ehrlander

Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son (Hardcover)

Mary F Ehrlander

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Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son illuminates the life of the remarkable Irish-Athabascan man who was the first person to summit Mount Denali, North America's tallest mountain. Born in 1893, Walter Harper was the youngest child of Jenny Albert and the legendary gold prospector Arthur Harper. His parents separated shortly after his birth, and his mother raised Walter in the Athabascan tradition, speaking her Koyukon-Athabascan language. When Walter was seventeen years old, Episcopal archdeacon Hudson Stuck hired the skilled and charismatic youth as his riverboat pilot and winter trail guide. During the following years, as the two traveled among Interior Alaska's Episcopal missions, they developed a father-son-like bond and summited Denali together in 1913. Walter's strong Athabascan identity allowed him to remain grounded in his birth culture as his Western education expanded and he became a leader and a bridge between Alaska Native peoples and Westerners in the Alaska territory. He planned to become a medical missionary in Interior Alaska, but his life was cut short at the age of twenty-five, in the Princess Sophia disaster of 1918 near Skagway, Alaska. Harper exemplified resilience during an era when rapid socioeconomic and cultural change was wreaking havoc in Alaska Native villages. Today he stands equally as an exemplar of Athabascan manhood and healthy acculturation to Western lifeways whose life will resonate with today's readers.

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Imprint: Bison Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2017
Authors: Mary F Ehrlander
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-9590-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN: 0-8032-9590-1
Barcode: 9780803295902

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