Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo - Softcover

Harper, Kenn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 074341005X ISBN 13: 9780743410052

Verlag: Washington Square Press, 2001

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A compelling biography of the Eskimo boy who was brought back to the U.S. by explorer Robert Peary recreates the twelve agonizing years little Minik spent living as an alien in New York City, an experience that culminates with the discovery that his father's body is on display at the Museum of Natural History. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.

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For more than thirty years, Kenn Harper has lived in Eskimo communities in the Baffin Region and in Qaanaaq, Greenland. He has worked as a teacher, development officer, historian, linguist, and businessman. He speaks Inuktitut, the Eskimo language of the eastern Canadian Arctic, and has written extensively on northern history and the Inuktitut language. He now lives in Iqaluit, capital of the new Arctic territory of Nunavut, and was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Washington Square Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 074341005X
• ISBN 13: 9780743410052
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
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