Journals of the priest Ioann Veniaminov in Alaska, 1823 to 1836

by Innokentiĭ Saint, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna

The 12 journals of the remarkable Russian priest comprise formal reports to his diocesan office at Irkutsk, but more important they comprise an account of Aleut history in the making, particularly the seminal creation of an Aleut literature. Translated by Jerome Kisslinger, with introduction and commentary by S.A. Mousalimas.