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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 elements. After she allowed Native American children into her class and fell in love with a half-Inuit man, she would learn the meanings of prejudice and perseverance, irrational hatred and unconditional love. “People get as mean as the weather,” she discovered, but they were also capable of great good.

As told to Robert Specht, Anne Hobbs’s true story has captivated generations of readers. Now this beautiful new edition is available to inspire many more.

“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
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Anne Hobbs is a prim and proper 19-year-old schoolteacher who yearns for adventure. She finds this and much more in a town with the unlikely name of Chicken, located deep in the Alaskan interior. It is 1927 and Chicken is a wild mining community flaming with gold fever. Anne quickly makes friends with many of the townspeople, but is soon ostracized when she not only befriends the local Indians but also falls in love with one. A heartwarming story in the tradition of Benedict Freedman's classic, Mrs. Mike, Tisha is one of those rare books that stays with the reader for years, beckoning to be read again and again. --Maudeen Wachsmith

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Hauntingly beautiful. . . . Anyone who loves great, human stories, true life adventure, Alaska, or social commentary of life in the early 1900s will love this book.-- "The Joy of Booking"

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003IN4AM0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bantam
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 31 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.9 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 456 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0307434661
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • 鶹 Rank: #104,049 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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  • Reviewed in Canada on September 23, 2024
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    By far the best book I’ve ever read and one of those that will stick with me forever. I not only bought this twice so I could share it with a friend but will keep my copy. Don’t miss this exciting walk through the tough terrain
  • Reviewed in Canada on October 20, 2024
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    It’s a nice story… I loved reading it. Couldn’t put it down sometimes but when am not reading it, I still think about it. Uplifting story.
  • Reviewed in Canada on February 16, 2022
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    definitely a good young person read
  • Reviewed in Canada on October 8, 2021
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    Beautifully written the best book I have read for a long time Showing the prejudice we still see today I want more story of Anne and Freds life A Must Read
  • Reviewed in Canada on August 19, 2017
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    I couldn't put this book down. The author is able to conjure up the sights, smells and feelings of a time and place long gone. I felt like I was there alongside the author, enduring The hardships of the land and meanness of the residents. I wanted to shake the good but stubborn people of that time for their terrible behaviour of the native and part native people. Since that time, I know our society has come a long ways towards realizing that all people are equal but we still have a long way to go.
  • Reviewed in Canada on September 13, 2017
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    I enjoyed the simple and honest way this was written. A real glimpse into life in the Alaskan bush. It was nice to learn that not all people back then were opposed to the First Nations people and I admire the courage of the young teacher to take on prejudice head on and challenge it, rightly so.
  • Reviewed in Canada on June 1, 2018
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    .....really enjoyed this book.
  • Reviewed in Canada on August 16, 2018
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    I actually read this book about 20 years ago but couldn't remember the name of it... only the story it told. I was so happy to find it and I am enjoying reading it as much now, as I did last time. Such a nice story and well written.

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  • Kris
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    Reviewed in Australia on July 16, 2025
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    Such a wonderful story, it's hard to put the book down once you start reading it.
  • Mauricio S Jardini
    2.0 out of 5 stars Not a good book
    Reviewed in Brazil on January 14, 2021
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    It was very hard for me to finish this book. The story is kind of repetitive and you need a lot of effort to hold your attention
  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2017
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    I love this book, I first got a paperback copy in the late 1970s. I read it so much I wore my first copy out and had to buy another! I've read it at least once a year, it's one of those stories that takes you through a whole raft of emotions and is set against a fascinating backdrop. I love all the characters even the ones that make you want to scream at their injustice and prejudice. I was delighted to find Tisha was now available on kindle and having just read it for the first time in that format know that I will be revisiting it again many times in the future.
  • SabineEmma
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ein Buch, das man nicht aus der Hand legen kann
    Reviewed in Germany on March 8, 2015
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    Eine packende und mitreißend erzählte Geschichte. Ich habe das Buch in zwei Nachtsitzungen durchgelesen und es dann in den Bücherfundus unseres Bürgerhauses weitergegeben, damit es im Umlauf bleibt. Mein Rat: Unbedingt lesen!
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  • Melissa Mitchell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Eye Opening Memoir
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2023
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    “𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝.”—Robert Specht

    Tisha is the true story of a young schoolteacher, Anne Hobbs, in the 1920s, who ventures into the Alaskan wilderness, to the small town of Chicken, to run a school. It illustrates the hardships she faced both in the unforgivable environment, and with the people themselves. It was heartwarming and heartbreaking. Mostly, it was eye-opening and instructive. Anne was threatened, mistreated, and scorned for doing what was right, for allowing Indian school children into her school house, and for falling in love with a half white/half Inuit man, yet, she prevailed and continued fighting.

    I loved this book; it was my second time reading it. I read it back in high school, and it was impactful then, but it was more impactful now. Anne is nineteen when she leaves the states in search of adventure. She’s called to teach in the Alaskan wilderness, during a time of monumental change in Alaska. It’s very much America’s final frontier, and there’s a huge gold rush boom. What Anne discovers is the brutal life led by both the immigrants and natives, and the deep prejudices harbored.

    I loved Anne’s pure heart. She doesn’t care about a child’s skin color; everyone has a right to an education. She opens her schoolroom for native Inuit children and she’s punished for it. The people of Chicken don’t agree with her, and they don’t want their white children in the same room as “savages.” Seeing how deep these prejudices were, was often very hard to read. The Alaskan wilderness is unforgivable, and losing the support of her small town became a life or death situation, in a place where temperatures drop to 50 below. Yet, Anne never compromises on what is right.

    “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬--𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝. 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩.” —Robert Specht

    There was a heavy sense of helplessness throughout the story. Anne is a petite, nineteen year old woman facing off against some really mean people who could seriously harm her. She’s mistreated for doing what’s right. And when she begins to fall in love with a half white/half inuit man, she’s threatened, even shunned. This was often difficult to read.

    But, there are some extremely heart warming events in this book, too. Especially between Anne and her school children. Those moments made the book easier to stomach.

    It claims to be a “love story” and while there is a love story present, it’s not the center of Anne’s story. There’s so much more to it than that. This book gives a real look at the harsh aspects of frontier life. The way people “survived” and how hard they had to be. It also illustrated the consequences of the white man on the Indian people, and how destructive the white man was to their culture:

    “𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐡𝐞’𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤. 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬—𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭.” —Robert Specht

    I don’t normally go for memoirs/biographies. This is written really well, reads like a genuine novel, and transports you to a different time, a different world, a different way of life. Highly recommend for people of all ages, even if you don’t normally enjoy biographies (I sure don’t, normally!)

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