TY - BOOK ID - 135329260 TI - Before the storm AU - Martin, Fredericka I AU - Hudson, Ray PY - 2010 SN - 1602231036 9781602231030 1602230765 9781602230767 PB - Fairbanks University of Alaska Press DB - UniCat KW - Aleuts KW - Natural history KW - Seals (Animals) KW - Medical care KW - Social life and customs KW - History KW - Martin, Fredericka I. KW - Berenberg, Samuel R. KW - Pribilof Islands (Alaska) KW - Saint Paul Island (Alaska) KW - Description and travel. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135329260 AB - From June of 1941 through the following summer, Fredericka Martin lived with her husband, Dr. Samuel Berenberg, on remote St. Paul Island in Alaska. During that time, Martin delved into the complex history of the Unangan people, and Before the Storm draws from her personal accounts of that year and her research to present a fascinating portrait of a time and a people facing radical change. A government-ordered evacuation of all Aleuts from the island in the face of World War II, which Martin recounts in her journal, proved but the first step in a long struggle by native peoples to gain indepen. ER -