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Summary: Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness
Review: A friend gave me this book to read, and I must say it was the best thing I've ever read. From the beginning to the end. You just become one the Anne. I felt like I was the one going through all the her ups and downs in a extremely predijuce town. With the way some took to her and others didn't hesitate to let her know how they felt. Knowing how true it was and still is about peoples feelings of what was then called half-breeds. Anne was so strong and brave and always wanting to do what was right. Taking in Chuck and Ethel when their mother died. Knowing they'd never have the chance to advance if she didn't. The story is well written and very captivating. I was a little let down at the end. I would have loved to see what else happened - the ajustments Chuck and Ethel had to make, and much more about Anne and Fred's love for each other. I was hoping there would be a sequeal. Once finished with the book. I read the last six chapters again before giving it back to my friend. Then went right out and bought it for myself.
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Summary: Robert Specht is my grandfather
Review: For my 13 birthday I was given a copy of "Tisha". I loved it! Not just because grandfather wrote it but because it is an inspiring story. The librarian and my teacher were very surprised to find out who I am. Everyone loves this book. It was written a long time ago, but is still read by adults and their children. When people travel to Chicken Alaska they buy the book and then they write a fan letter. My grandfather died 3 years ago. I am proud of his work.
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Summary: Tisha
Review: I bought a copy of this book which was copyrighted in 1976 and my book seems to be from the first printing. As all of the other reviews say, it is about a young girl who goes to Alaska to teach school. It is spellbinding. One thing that I thought was interesting is that on the flyleaf of my book it says that the author is writing a sequel, but apparently that never happened. I just re-read the book and saw that comment and that is the reason I got on the web to see if there was a sequel. I wish there had been on.
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Summary: Tisha is an excellent, well written book
Review: I enjoyed the book, and would recommend it to anyone, young or old or in-between. However, I am quite concerned that Anne Hobbs, the teacher herself, who "told" the story to Specht, is never mentioned on the cover, nor listed on the inside page where the library ISBN is listed! This, even though the book in the library is under H for Hobbs! To think he would take her story, maybe embellish it?, never even thank her in the print edition--just makes my blood boil. Can't help but think he didn't have her permission somewhere along the road.It doesn't make the book less interesting, but it does make me doubt the actual historical truth told. It is listed as a biography, but I wonder?
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Summary: A discovery
Review: I heard about this book either on a message board,or it was an Amazon.com recommendation.Anyway,I ordered it after reading the synopsis.I haven't read a book this good in a long time.It was well written,the story is compelling and the characters(especially Anne ) are engaging.Once I started to read it,I found that I could not put it down.I highly recommend it for adult readers as well as students.I will definitely be giving some copies away as gifts.Wouldn't this make a great movie?
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Summary: A book to get your dander up and cheer for a courageous girl
Review: I met Anne Hobbs Purdy in Junior High School. Her story captured my imagination and still does to this day. I have read Tisha many times and every reading captures my heart. Her courage to stand for what she believed to be right in the face of opposition, is a lesson that carries through almost 80 years later. Alaska, seen through her eyes, is a place of incredible beauty and harsh reality. Even though I wanted to crawl into the pages and do battle with some of the characters, they also earned my grudging respect. Anne's will power, strength of heart, and sheer determination to do what she knew was right, made her a formidable force. The book I own is a treasured possession, signed for my father. She writes, "Happy landings from the Land of the Midnite Sun, Yellow Gold, and Determined mosquitoes." A must read book!
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Summary: A book to get your dander up and cheer for a courageous girl
Review: I met Anne Hobbs Purdy in Junior High School. Her story captured my imagination and still does to this day. I have read Tisha many times and every reading captures my heart. Her courage to stand for what she believed to be right in the face of opposition, is a lesson that carries through almost 80 years later. Alaska, seen through her eyes, is a place of incredible beauty and harsh reality. Even though I wanted to crawl into the pages and do battle with some of the characters, they also earned my grudging respect. Anne's will power, strength of heart, and sheer determination to do what she knew was right, made her a formidable force. The book I own is a treasured possession, signed for my father. She writes, "Happy landings from the Land of the Midnite Sun, Yellow Gold, and Determined mosquitoes." A must read book!
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Summary: to touch your heart
Review: I only bought this book as a keepsake of my tour of alaska and the yukon.
deciding to browse through it on my return home i was soon absorbed in the book yet other than my chistian magazines and the bible i never read anything.
From then on i continued the story at every chance i got. I pictured myself there with her in the situations she exsperienced she was so brave and right to stand up for what she believed.
By the time i finished the book i had been in tears several times at the lives and living conditions of the people.
an amazing book only wished i had looked for more on the same lines .But trisha is one i will never forget.
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Summary: An invigorating true story
Review: I usually read science fiction and fantasy during my all too infrequent pleasurereading hours. But I'm out in the middle of nowhere this summer, far from any reasonably well-stocked library, and found this book when going through the book shelves of the nearby Salvation Army. The story caught at my imagination and yearning for adventure almost immediately! I found myself pulled into the story, marvelling at this lively telling of Anne Hobbs' frontier experiences, furious at the closed-mindedness of some of her opponents, warmed by her joys and successes. This one's definitely worth a read, even if it seems outside the realm of your usual genre...
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Summary: Young teacher goes to Alaska
Review: In 1927 young Anne Hobbs goes to Alaska to be a teacher and to have an adventure. Having no family left in Colorado, she seeks to do something special as her beloved grandmother predicted she would. She finds life difficult because of inclement weather and a lack of conveniences, but the biggest problem she faces is that of prejudice. She seeks to teach and befriend all of the people in the small town of Chicken, Alaska, where she lives but she soon discovers that her kindness towards Indian children raises the ire of the white people in the town. She has to face up to the local school board and the town's people before she is allowed to teach Indians in her school. As if that isn't bad enough she ends up falling in love with a "half-breed" and adopting some mixed-race children. This book is full of adventure and real insight into what it was like to live in Alaska in the 20's. It is also a triumphant story of one woman's love and her persistance in encouraging justice in her small Alaska town.
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