Background
Thomas, Tay Pryor was born on July 16, 1927 in New York City. Daughter of Samuel F. and Mary Taylor (Alderdice) Pryor.
(SUBJECT: "In 1960 Tay and Lowell Thomas, Jr., moved with ...)
SUBJECT: "In 1960 Tay and Lowell Thomas, Jr., moved with their two small children from suburban New Jersey to Anchorage, Alaska. Mrs. Thomas writes with exciting detail about mountain climbing and skiing, of camping trips into the frozen interior, and of flights across endless snow and tundra plains in their single-engine airplane. Included are the fires, earthquakes, floods, and an occasional obstreperous moose. Important also are the quaint fishing villages, its Eskimo and Indian people and cosmopolitan cities."
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(Biography, Memoir: From inner dust jacket flap: In 1960 T...)
Biography, Memoir: From inner dust jacket flap: In 1960 Tay and Lowell Thomas, Jr., having lived for 10 years in suburban New Jersey, packed their two small chilren and an over-sized dog into a car and moved 5,000 miles to Anchorage, Alaska. This book is Tay Thomas's highly personal and entertaining account of their adventures and everyday life in the vast, unspoiled land that became their home.
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"Here is a fascinting portrayal of the life and ministry of Bill Gordon, dynamic and unorthodox leader of the Episcopal Church in Alaska for twenty-six years. It is a story, too of a changing Alaska beginning in the 1940's and taking us to the post-oil pipeline era of the 1970s. At age 29, Bill was elected bishop and the Gordons moved to Fairbanks. He assumed control of the enormous Missionary District. He learned to fly and soon as spending six months of his year traveling among the far-flung Indian and Eskimo villages in his singe-engine plane.
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Thomas, Tay Pryor was born on July 16, 1927 in New York City. Daughter of Samuel F. and Mary Taylor (Alderdice) Pryor.
Bachelor, Smith College, 1949.
Mentor education for ministry Sewanee Seminary, Anchorage, since 1981.
("Here is a fascinting portrayal of the life and ministry ...)
(Biography, Memoir: From inner dust jacket flap: In 1960 T...)
(SUBJECT: "In 1960 Tay and Lowell Thomas, Jr., moved with ...)
Member Anchorage City Pks.a nd Recreation Board, 1968, Anchorage School Board, 1968-1974, Alaska Land Use Planning Commission, Anchorage, 1970-1974, Commission on Status of Women, Anchorage, 1978. Member Society Women Geographers, JAWS-Women in Journalism.
Married Lowell Thomas, Junior, May 20, 1950. Children: Anne Donaghy, David Thomas.