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On the run in Siberia
- Title
- On the run in Siberia / Rane Willerslev ; translated by Coilin OhAiseadha.
- Author
- Willerslev, Rane, 1971-
- Publication
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 207 p. : ill., maps; 21 cm.
- Subject
- Willerslev, Rane, 1971- > Travel > Russia (Federation) > Siberia
- Yukaghir > Hunting
- Yukaghir > Social life and customs
- Refugees > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > Biography
- Anthropologists > Denmark > Biography
- Sable trapping > Russia (Federation) > Siberia
- Fur trade > Russia (Federation) > Siberia
- Mafia > Russia (Federation) > Siberia
- Siberia (Russia) > Description and travel
- Siberia (Russia) > Social life and customs
- Note
- "Originally published in Danish as Pa flugt i Sibirien : Zobeljagt, russisk mafia og 65 minusgrader (Copenhagen : Gyldendal, 2009)"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- One last, feeble attempt -- The fur project. Shalugin, leader of the Yukaghirs ; A post-Soviet nightmare ; Sable furs for sale -- On the run in the wilderness. Out of range ; Soft gold ; Starvation and desperation ; In the Yukaghirs' camp ; A long-awaited friend -- Back to the village. The curse ; Land of shadows ; Screwed ; The way back -- A leap in time -- Appendixes : surviving in Siberia. A. Using the leghold trap ; B. Yukaghir idols ; C. Netting fish in Siberia ; D. Finding your way in the taiga ; E. How to track and shoot a moose.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-3764
- ISBN
- 9780816676262 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0816676267 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780816676279 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0816676275 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012001201
- OCLC
- 759910067
- Author
- Willerslev, Rane, 1971-
- Title
- On the run in Siberia / Rane Willerslev ; translated by Coilin OhAiseadha.
- Imprint
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-3764