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THE CRUISE OF THE ADA

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Poor, Henry Varnum
Marston, Muktuk

1945

Useful
Book
Iñupiaq
Referenced by: Alaska Yukon Library

Grade Level(s): 7, 8, 9, 10

Theme(s): Outdoor Survival, Tribe/Community

Muktuk Marston in his introduction relates how met Henry Varnum Poor in Nome in 1943 and convinced him to come along on the Ada to supply the Eskimos of the Alaska Territorial Guard with guns and ammunition. The ship was marginal and the seas were fierce and the adventures many all recorded in Henry's diaries and sketches.

Information about the resource can be found at:
Alaska Yukon Library
Anchorage, AK
Telephone: (907) 474-5897
email: Alaska Yukon Library

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