Cry in the Wilderness - Paperback

by Tay Thomas (Author)

Cry in the Wilderness details the history of over two hundred years of Christian missionary activity in Alaska. TABLE OF CONTENTS IAlaska Under the Russian Flag IIThe First American Missions in Southeast Alaska IIIMissionaries and Gold Seekers Push to the North IVFirst Missions Along the Arctic Coast VReindeer and Gold Bring Changes to the Arctic Coast VISouthcentral Alaska--Children's Homes and Moravians Along the Kuskokwim VIIAlaskan Churches Face New Challenges

Author Biography

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: Follow the North Star, Only In Alaska, My War With Worry, Cry in the Wilderness, and An Angel On His Wing. With her husband, Lowell Thomas Jr., she co-authored Our Flight to Adventure. 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