Letters to the Governor's Wife: A View of Russian Alaska 1859-1862
Paul Christesen
In 1859 the Finnish-Swedish aristocrat and naval officer, Hampus Furuhjelm arrived in Alaska as one of the Russian colony's last ambassadors. He brought with him his young wife Anna Furuhjelm, who wrote many long letters in English to her mother. These letters, for the first time, give us a vivid picture of everyday life in the colonial capital, Sitka, in the period shortly before the USA. took over Alaska. The letters have been edited and commented by Anna Furuhjelm's great-granddaughter, Anni Christensen.
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Año:
2005
Editorial:
Aarhus University Press
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
320
ISBN 10:
8779341594
ISBN 13:
9788779341593
Serie:
Berengiana
Archivo:
PDF, 8.21 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2005