You Can't Wallpaper My Igloo: Tales of Living and Teaching in the Alaskan Wilderness - Couverture souple

Norberg, Kathy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1410738566 ISBN 13 : 9781410738561

Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2003

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

You Can't Wallpaper My Igloo combines asense of humor with an informative and colorful account of life beforetelevision invaded rural Alaska and took away much of its character. LeavingNew Mexico in 1969 for the unknown of teaching positions in the far reaches ofAlaska, Bob and Kathy Norberg drive up the Alaska Canadian Highway with barenecessities, ready for any kind of adventure. Their first assignment, a smallEskimo village in the north Pacific around the corner from the Bering Sea,introduces them to seal hunting, steam baths, and spinach souffl as a snackfrom the tiny school cafeteria. They enjoy the culture shock and absorb as muchof a new culture as time allows. A move to the interior of Alaska, anAthabascan Indian village introduces them to seventy degrees below zero, whiteouts, moose, caribou, and bear roasts obtained in the most basic fashion. Thebirths of their first two children do not keep them from their everydayteaching duties, seasonal hunts, family dramas, and unsafe excursions by boat,plane and snowmobile. The new culture adds to their repertoire of six years ofexciting, if not harrowing, experiences. Hating to leave the 'bush'but deciding that the children might be better served in a 'conventional'environment, they move to a small town on the Kenai Peninsula, where they hopethe children will benefit from a more developed school system and opportunitiesfor 'normal' activities. They have a third child, build their ownhouse on the beach, and settle in for a more conventional lifestyle, neverforgetting the wilderness experience that has enriched their lives beyondmeasure.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Since her birth and childhood education in Brussels,Belgium, Katherine Norberg has spent most of her life teaching and writingabout children of all ages and backgrounds. Seventeen of her years were spent survivingthe wilderness of Alaska in and out of the classroom. The great contrast of herrecent years in Los Angeles since then has prompted her to reminisce about herexperiences In the North as she and her husband began their lives together. Asense of humor kept them both going when engines broke down, pipes froze,Christmas presents didn't arrive, and students had their own ideas abouteducation. Having published several articles in local papers and magazines,Katherine has decided to indulge her love of writing by putting everythingtogether in You Can't Wallpaper My Igloo hoping to preserve longlasting images of a rapidly vanishing way of life.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: AuthorHouse
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1410738566
• ISBN 13: 9781410738561
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268