View a FREE sample

Anne Hobbs

This individual is nineteen upon arrival in Alaska to teach in the town of Chicken.

Fred Purdy

This person is a young half-breed Indian who lives in Chicken, falls in love with the teacher, and eventually marries the teacher ten years after the book's action ends.

Cabaret Jackson

This individual wants to marry the teacher and runs liquor in the Forty Mile to earn money.

Mr. Strong

This individual is the leader of the pack train that goes from Eagle to Chicken, lives in Eagle and is a member of the town council and the school board.

Nancy Prentiss

This person is one of eight children in the individual's family, and comes to live with the teacher in order to learn how to read so that she can pass the territorial examination.

Joe Temple

This character has two children with an Indian, and allows the teacher...

(read more Character Descriptions)

This section contains 295 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample