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AN ALASKAN TALE BY JIRO NITTA

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Nitta, Jiro
Motokuni Eto, translator
Elissa Hendry, translator
1991

Useful
Book
Inupiaq and Japanese
Referenced by: Alaska Yukon Library

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11

Theme(s): Exploring Horizons

Frank Yasuda was a Japanese seaman who left the Revenue Cutter BEAR when it was trapped in the ice pack off Barrow. He later founded a fur trading post at Beaver and was well known in the Arctic. This book was a best-seller in Japan and has been translated into English.

ISBN 0-8191-7389-4

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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