Tisha, Robert Specht
Tisha, Robert Specht
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Tisha
The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness

Author: Robert Specht, Anne Purdy

Narrator: Caroline McLaughlin

Unabridged: 11 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/20/2017

Synopsis

The author tells the story as told to him of Anne Hobbs, a woman who went to Alaska in the 1920's to teach, but who had trouble due to her kindness to the Indians there.

About Robert Specht

Robert Specht was born and brought up in New York City. A late starter, he graduated from CCNY at the age of thirty-two after winning top awards in both short story and essay competitions. Soon afterward he headed for California, where he became an editor in the Los Angeles offices of a major book publishing firm. It was then that he met the heroine of his book, Tisha, and became fascinated with her story.

Not until years later, however, after he became a freelance writer, was he able to sit down and devote his full energies to writing it. Now a screenwriter, he lives in Malibu with his wife and two children-and two horses, three dogs, three cats, assorted chickens, two tortoises, an ever-changing population of guppies, and a guinea pig named Munch.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian

Tisha is a Very nice read,I also recommend Tisha"s House and the FortyMile Country by lisa Johnson. I am Anne Purdy"s grandson and have spent many summers up in chicken with my granmother,before her passing,in the late 80's. Tisha's House and the Fortymile country,which was written by my wife lisa, T......more

Goodreads review by Gwen

One of my top shelf favorite books of all time and a true story which takes place in Alaska in the late 1920's! I re-read this book every few years and never grow tired of it. It has all the elements to keep the reader hooked: adventure, living with hardship through a frigid Alaska winter, dogsled r......more

Goodreads review by Jessaka

What a great story. What young woman wouldn't want to go to Alaska to teach in 1928? You would have your choice of men. I went to Juneau Alaska in 1981, and when I walked into a bar with my friends a man grabbed my leg.. That really happened. It was funny. But this book wasn't so funny. And the woma......more

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