Research Catalog

Title

The life I've been living / by Moses Cruikshank ; recorded and compiled by William Schneider.

Author

Cruikshank, Moses, 1904-1996.

Publication

[Fairbanks] : Alaska & Polar Regions Dept., Elmer Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, ©1986.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schneider, William S., 1946-
• Elmer E. Rasmuson Library. Alaska and Polar Regions Department.
• Washington State Library. Rare Publications Collection.

Description

vii, 132 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

Biography of Athabaskan elder and storyteller from interior Alaska. Blends description, advice and humour to teach the lessons learned living in the bush.

Series Statement

Oral biography series ; no. 1

Uniform Title

Oral biography series ; no. 1.

Subject

• Cruikshank, Moses, 1904-1996
• 1867-1959
• Athapascan Indians > Biography
• Athapascan Indians > Social life and customs
• Frontier and pioneer life > Alaska
• Athapascan Indians
• Frontier and pioneer life
• Alaska > History > 1867-1959
• Alaska > Biography
• Alaska

Genre/Form

• History
• Biographies.

Note

• "June 1986."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 125-129.

Contents

Early recollections -- Mission school (Holy Cross mission, St. Mark`s mission, Nenana) -- A summer on the Pelican (boat) -- Learning about dogs -- Mushing with the missionaries -- Wage work -- In search of God -- Mining work in Fairbanks -- Back to the creeks -- Pay dirt -- Serving uncle Sam and more prospecting -- the Rural development project -- Fairbanks and the Fairbanks Native Association

ISBN

• 0912006234
• 9780912006239

LCCN

86051263

OCLC

• ocm15367592
• 15367592
• SCSB-9517717

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library