Aleutian Sparrow
by Karen Hesse
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0689861893
- ISBN 13
- 9780689861895
- Seller
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Synopsis
In June 1942, seven months after attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese navy invaded Alaska's Aleutian Islands. For nine thousand years the Aleut people had lived and thrived on these treeless, windswept lands. Within days of the first attack, the entire native population living west of Unimak Island was gathered up and evacuated to relocation centers in the dense forests of Alaska's Southeast. With resilience, compassion, and humor, the Aleuts responded to the sorrows of upheaval and dislocation. This is the story of Vera, a young Aleut caught up in the turmoil of war. It chronicles her struggles to survive and to keep community and heritage intact despite harsh conditions in an alien environment.
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- Bookseller
- Rose Marie Oakes dba Old Village Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128348
- Title
- Aleutian Sparrow
- Author
- Karen Hesse
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0689861893
- ISBN 13
- 9780689861895
- Publisher
- Margaret K. Mcelderry
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- fiction, world war 11
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; World War 11;
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