Tisha by Robert Specht - ISBN: 9781524798895
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Courage, love, and prejudice collide in a frontier Alaskan schoolhouse.

Tisha

The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness

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  • Paperback

    464 pages

  • Release Date

    15 September 2018

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Summary

The beloved real-life story of a woman in the Alaskan wilderness, the children she taught, and the man she loved.

“From the time I’d been a girl, I’d been thrilled with the idea of living on a frontier. So when I was offered the job of teaching school in a gold-mining settlement called Chicken, I accepted right away.”

Anne Hobbs was only nineteen in 1927, when she came to harsh and beautiful Alaska. Running a ramshackle schoolhouse would expose her to more than just the elemen…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781524798895
ISBN-10:1524798894
Author:Robert Specht
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Bantam Books Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:15 September 2018
Weight:338g
Dimensions:210mm x 139mm
Audience Age:7-9
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Critics Review

“The memoir reads like an old-fashioned novel, a heartwarming love story with the added interest of frontier hardships and vividly portrayed characters.” –Publishers Weekly

“The memoir reads like an old-fashioned novel, a heartwarming love story with the added interest of frontier hardships and vividly portrayed characters.”—Publishers Weekly

About The Author

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 this book 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.

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