Arctic Schoolteacher: Kulukak, Alaska, 1931-1933 Volume 59

by Abbie Morgan Madenwald

Book Overview

When Abbie Morgan arrived with her husband Ed in the Alaskan village of Kulukak in 1931 to teach school, many of the Eskimos had never before seen a white woman. Kulukak could be reached by boat when the approach was not frozen over and by dogsled when ice made travel by boat impossible.

Arctic Schoolteacher is the story of Abbie's Alaskan experience, from the detailed planning necessary for taking a year's worth of provisions to an isolated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806126116
• ISBN13: 9780806126111
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Artic Schoolteacher

This book is a wonderful Alaskan documentary. Since visiting Alaska several times in the past 3 years I found it to be very enjoyable reading.

A moving story!

Abbie and Ed Morgan were adventurous and brave when they traveled to a remote Eskimo village to live among the people and serve them for two years. The actual photographs and details of their adventures are so interesting and transport the reader back to a time very different from today. You might also enjoy a new release, another book of courage and survival that takes place in early Alaska. When the Water Runs: Growing Up with Alaska

The best book I've read this year.

I came across Arctic Schoolteacher by accident. I had taken my kids to a summer program at a county library. While we waited for the show to begin, I browsed the shelves and came across this book. I have probably read 20-30 books this year, and Arctic Schoolteacher makes the top of my list. In it, the author tells the story of how she and her husband travelled to a remote Alaskan village in the 1930s as government employees. Abbie taught school, and Ed, her husband, oversaw the reindeer herd. I don't want to give away too much of the story, but the book is filled with the numerous joys and sorrows that Abbie experienced in her two year stay in the Last Frontier. I only wish that Abbie had mentioned more about her life before Alaska, and about how she and Ed met. I am glad that the book included an epilogue by Abbie's daughter that mentions what happened in Abbie's life after Alaska.

Worth Reading

A particularly moving story. This book takes place about the same time as "Tisha" but in the famed Bristol Bay Region in a village called Kulukak. It was published in 1992 and available in paperback, this book should be easy to locate.