Before the Storm: A Year in the Pribilof Islands, 1941-1942

An account of the struggles and oppression of the Pribilof Aleuts of Alaska written by a woman who became their passionate advocate.

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...