Before the storm broke
Subtitle: a year in the Pribilof Islands, 1941-1942
By: Fredericka Martin ; edited with supplemental material by Raymond Hudson.
Contributors: Hudson, Ray, 1943-
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Fairbanks, Alaska
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9781602230767
Subjects: Martin, Fredericka I; Berenberg, Samuel R; Aleuts -- Alaska -- Pribilof Islands -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Natural history -- Alaska -- Pribilof Islands; Seals (Animals) -- Pribilof Islands -- History -- 20th century; Medical care -- Pribilof Islands -- History -- 20th century; Pribilof Islands (Alaska) -- Description and travel; Pribilof Islands (Alaska) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Pribilof Islands (Alaska) -- History -- 20th century; Saint Paul Island (Alaska) -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: The author describes her experience living for a year with her husband on a remote island in Alaska before the government-ordered evacuation of the island at the start of World War II. Recounts the life and times of the Unangan people, the Native peoples' attempts to gain independence, and her own life and living conditions. Features excerpts from Martin's journals.
Notes: Originally an unpublished manuscript written in 1942 entitled The wind is no river.

Includes bibliographical references and index.