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In a far country

  • John Taliaferro

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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.

Genres

  • Eskimos
  • Missionaries
  • Whaling ships
  • Bear (Ship)
  • Reindeer
  • Overland Relief Expedition (1897-1898)
  • History
  • Biography
  • Overland Relief Expedition. fast (OCoLC)fst01410619
  • Bear (Ship.)
  • Overland Relief Expedition 1897-1898
  • Missionaries, biography
  • Alaska, biography
  • Overland Relief Expedition (1897-1898) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006024261
  • Overland Relief Expedition (1897-1898) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006024261 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n2006024261
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About the author

  • John Taliaferro

    born 1952

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    1st ed.

    PublicAffairs

    2006