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The white dawn : an Eskimo saga
- Title
- The white dawn : an Eskimo saga / by James Houston ; drawings by the author.
- Author
- Houston, James, 1921-2005
- Publication
- New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., [1971]
- ©1971
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 3790.356.397 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- viii, 275 pages : illustrations, map; 21 cm
- Summary
- In 1896, three survivors from a whaling misadventure are nursed back to health by Eskimo villagers who share their food, women, and way of life with the strangers. In return, the foreigners introduce to the villagers the spirit of competitiveness that rules the white man's world.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fictional Work
- Juvenile works
- Fiction
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Juvenile works.
- Fiction.
- Romans.
- ISBN
- 0151961158
- 9780151961153
- LCCN
- 72134575
- OCLC
- ocm00130417
- 130417
- SCSB-965737
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library