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White Eskimo : Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic
- Title
- White Eskimo : Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic / Stephen R. Bown.
- Author
- Bown, Stephen R.
- Publication
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-6576 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxv, 341 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933
- Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Danish
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
- Racially mixed people > Denmark > Biography
- Inuit > Social life and customs
- Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933 > Travel > Arctic regions
- Greenland > Discovery and exploration > Danish
- Explorers > Denmark > Biography
- Anthropologists > Denmark > Biography
- Note
- "A Merloyd Lawrence book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-323) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: "I must go and see the New People" -- Part One. New Sun -- On Greenland's Stony Shores -- The Temptations of Copenhagen -- The Danish Literary Expedition -- Part Two. Midnight Sun -- The New People -- The Kingdom of the North Wind -- The First Thule Expedition -- Before the Eye of Day -- Ground Dearly Paid For -- A Time for Dreaming -- Part Three. Return of the Moon -- The Land Beyond the Great Sea -- The Great Sled Journey -- Part Four. Northern Lights -- Records of a Vanishing World -- Final Journeys -- Epilogue: Timeless Stories.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-6576
- ISBN
- 9780306822827
- 0306822822
- LCCN
- 2015019154
- OCLC
- 2015019154
- Author
- Bown, Stephen R.
- Title
- White Eskimo : Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic / Stephen R. Bown.
- Publisher
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
- Edition
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-323) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-6576