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Peter Freuchen's Book of the Eskimos
- Title
- Peter Freuchen's Book of the Eskimos / edited and with a preface by Dagmar Freuchen.
- Author
- Freuchen, Peter, 1886-1957.
- Publication
- Cleveland : World Publishing Company, 1961.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E99.E7 F7 1961 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Freuchen-Gale, Dagmar, 1907-1991
- Description
- 441 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Introduction to the life and customs of the Eskimo based on the experiences of the Danish explorer in Greenland, Northern Canada, and Alaska.
- Alternative Title
- Book of the Eskimos
- Subject
- Note
- Map on endpapers.
- Contents
- pt. 1 Eskimo life and ways: Eskimo environment and origins -- The Eskimo way of life -- Trading with the Eskimos -- Love and marriage -- Eating and visiting -- Polar Justice: Crime and punishment among the Eskimos -- Eskimos as servants -- The Eskimo mind -- pt. 2 Adventures with the Eskimos: Lootevek: Cassanova of the ice floes -- Arctic nightmare -- An Eskimo takes a bride -- Dead man's cache -- The partner -- The day I harpponed myself -- Marriage, the harbor of safety -- Hunger -- The polar bear -- pt. 3 The Eskimos: Past and present.
- LCCN
- 61005815
- OCLC
- ocm01033451
- 1033451
- SCSB-113493
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library