Title: In a far country
First published: 2006
Description: Recounts Tom Lopp's 1897 journey to save two hundred whalers whose ships had become trapped in the ice on Alaska's northern coast, describing how Lopp and seven Eskimo herders risked their lives to drive four hundred reindeer across more than seven hundred untracked miles to save the strangers.
Subjects: Eskimos, Missionaries, Whaling ships, Bear (Ship), Reindeer, Overland Relief Expedition (1897-1898), History, Biography, Overland Relief Expedition. fast (OCoLC)fst01410619, Bear (Ship.), Overland Relief Expedition 1897-1898, Missionaries, biography, Alaska, biography, Overland Relief Expedition (1897-1898) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006024261, Overland Relief Expedition (1897-1898) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006024261 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n2006024261
Places: Alaska, Barrow, Point (Alaska), Cape (Alaska) Prince of Wales, Cape Prince of Wales, Point (Alaska) Barrow, Point Barrow, Prince of Wales, Cape (Alaska)
People: Ellen Louise Kittredge Lopp (1868-1947), William Thomas Lopp (1864-1939)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: F912.B2 T35 2006