Barabara

This is a barabara, a sod hut used by the Aleuts before the Second World War. Because the Aleutian Islands in Alaska are devoid of trees, the only wood available is driftwood or packing material – note the pallets used in the doorway.  I like this picture because you can see a telephone line extending into the barabara.  The visual lesson is technology moves faster than social or economic change whether you are ready for it or not. The children born in this barabara are now reading books on their Iphones – and that was less than a generation ago. To paraphrase Al Jolson a generation ago, “You ain’ read nuttin’ yet!” https://www.authormasterminds.com/steve-levi

Steve Levi is an Alaskan writer who specializes in the Alaska Gold Rush (nonfiction) and the ‘impossible crime,’ (fiction.)  An ‘impossible crime’ is one where the detective must figure out HOW the crime was committed before going after the perpetrators – like a Greyhound bus with bank robbers and hostages disappearing off the Golden Gate Bridge –THE MATTER OF THE VANISHING GREYHOUND. Steve’s books can be found at www.authormasterminds.com/steve-levi

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