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Title: Read about the Northwest Coast
Review: This title is of note as it is one of the few books written by a male about his experience teaching in the bush. The author lived among the Yupik Eskimos of Wales and Scammon Bay on the Northwest Coast of Alaska. The author speaks warmly of his experience with the villagers, however there are a few passages that could be perceived as negative towards Alaska natives. In addition even though the author gets along well with the community, like so many bush teachers, he leaves after only a few short years. Although the meat of this book is the author's adventures with his new friends, there are several comments on bush schools in the first chapter and several more sprinkled throughout. This book is a quick, smooth, and easy read and there is plenty to be learned from this book. Photos are interesting but too small and dark.
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