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<p>In the fall of 1897, eight whaling ships became trapped in the ice on Alaska's northern coast. Without relief, two hundred whalers would starve to death by winter's end. Mercifully, an extraordinary missionary, Tom Lopp, and seven Eskimo herders embarked on a harrowing journey to save the whalers, driving four hundred reindeer more than seven hundred untracked miles.</p> <p> At the heart of the rescue expedition lies another, in some ways more compelling, journey. <i>In a Far Country</i> is the personal odyssey of Tom and his wife Ellen Lopp— their commitment to the natives and the rugged but happy life they built for themselves amid a treeless tundra at the top of the world. The Lopps pulled through on grit and wits, on humility and humor, on trust and love, and by the grace of God. Their accomplishment would surely have received broader acclaim had it not been eclipsed by two simultaneous events: the Spanish- American War and the Alaska gold rush. The United States and its territories were transformed abruptly and irrevocably by these fits of expansionist fever, and despite the thoughtful, determined guidance of the Lopps, the natives of the North were soon overwhelmed by a fo

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Author

Lopp, Ellen Louise Kittredge;Lopp, William Thomas;Taliaferro, John

Publisher

PublicAffairs : Perseus Running [distributor

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781586482213

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Travel

Rating

3.63 / 5 (91 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14