Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son

by Mary F. Ehrlander

Book Overview

2018 Alaskana Award from the Alaska Library Association

Born in 1893, Walter Harper was the youngest child of Jenny Albert and the legendary Irish 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496236904
• ISBN13: 9781496236906
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"