Cry in the Wilderness

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 ChallengesTay Thomas 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 including Cry in the Wilderness, My War with Worry, and An Angel On His Wing. Since 1970 she has been the gardener of St. Mary''s Episcopal church in Anchorage, Alaska, where she lives with her husband Lowell.