Alaskaland; A Curious Contradiction (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... A HERO OF THE WILD LL unawares the awful plague swooped A. down, Crushed in its grip the half-breeds of the town, Then swiftly spreading, smote the native race, And people fled in horror from the place. In filthy hovels, comfortless and rude, The helpless victims, destitute of food, Despised, forsaken, in their misery lay, While guards for quarantine demanded pay. But why bemoan the brutishness of greed? God sent a helper suited to their need--A lowly Indian, poor, of gentle mien. Dark was his skin, but ah, his soul was clean "I go--I not afraid--my people call. Each day I carry food and wood to all." No wages asked he, nor one wretch forgot. Death's toll was heavy, but--it touched him not. THE ALASKA FLYER WITH bunkers filled, holds crammed with supplies, and freight to her deck-rails piled; With passengers crowding her cabin-space, all bound for the Yukon wild; With fuel and food, and letters from home, for each town along the way, And a good-bye roar to the friends ashore, she sails at the close of day, Through channels and narrows and sounds and straits, northwest for a thousand miles, With the main-bluffs hugging her starboard rails, port-prisoned by chains of isles. O'er the reefs she rides on the swelling tides to the land of nightless days, Where the lone shore-camps and canneries hang on piles in her silent bays. Where the ice-floe breaks from her glacial shores, she doubles upon her track, And loaded with bullion and silver fish, she brings the Alaskans back. And ever through sunshine and storm she speeds, nor tarries by night nor day. God stands by the man in the pilot-house, and the good ship knows the way. THE WAGES OF SACRIFICE MAHLUNA'S back was very tired. She eased the thong across her aching chest, shifted her burden...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... A HERO OF THE WILD LL unawares the awful plague swooped A. down, Crushed in its grip the half-breeds of the town, Then swiftly spreading, smote the native race, And people fled in horror from the place. In filthy hovels, comfortless and rude, The helpless victims, destitute of food, Despised, forsaken, in their misery lay, While guards for quarantine demanded pay. But why bemoan the brutishness of greed? God sent a helper suited to their need--A lowly Indian, poor, of gentle mien. Dark was his skin, but ah, his soul was clean "I go--I not afraid--my people call. Each day I carry food and wood to all." No wages asked he, nor one wretch forgot. Death's toll was heavy, but--it touched him not. THE ALASKA FLYER WITH bunkers filled, holds crammed with supplies, and freight to her deck-rails piled; With passengers crowding her cabin-space, all bound for the Yukon wild; With fuel and food, and letters from home, for each town along the way, And a good-bye roar to the friends ashore, she sails at the close of day, Through channels and narrows and sounds and straits, northwest for a thousand miles, With the main-bluffs hugging her starboard rails, port-prisoned by chains of isles. O'er the reefs she rides on the swelling tides to the land of nightless days, Where the lone shore-camps and canneries hang on piles in her silent bays. Where the ice-floe breaks from her glacial shores, she doubles upon her track, And loaded with bullion and silver fish, she brings the Alaskans back. And ever through sunshine and storm she speeds, nor tarries by night nor day. God stands by the man in the pilot-house, and the good ship knows the way. THE WAGES OF SACRIFICE MAHLUNA'S back was very tired. She eased the thong across her aching chest, shifted her burden...

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Rarebooksclub.com

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United States

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July 2012

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July 2012

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246 x 189 x 1mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

18

ISBN-13

978-1-154-52356-0

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9781154523560

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1-154-52356-X



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