Cry in the Wilderness

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Cry in the Wilderness details the history of over two hundred years of Christian missionary activity in Alaska.TABLE OF CONTENTSIAlaska Under the Russian FlagIIThe First American Missions in Southeast AlaskaIIIMissionaries and Gold Seekers Push to the NorthIVFirst Missions Along the Arctic CoastVReindeer and Gold Bring Changes to the Arctic CoastVISouthcentral Alaska--Children's Homes and Moravians Along the KuskokwimVIIAlaskan Churches Face New Challenges

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Tay Pryor Thomas (1927-2014) began to write poetry as a child, with her first prose poem published in a New York City newspaper when she was seventeen. Since then she has gone on to author five books:<i>Follow the North Star</i>,<i>Only In Alaska</i>,<i>My War With Worry</i>,<i>Cry in the Wilderness,</i> and<i>An</i><i>Angel On His Wing</i>. With her husband, Lowell Thomas Jr., she co-authored<i>Our Flight to Adventure.</i> Tay moved with her husband and children to Alaska in 1960 and lived there for the rest of her life, writing, gardening, becoming a beloved member of her church community and the wider community as she worked for many nonprofit organizations.

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