Strangers Next Door, The

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, 1991

1550170546 / 9781550170542

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BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. ALSO KNOWN AS: Many portions of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker as "A Reporter at Large" or as "Profiles." WITH A FOREWORD BY: Allan Fotheringham. COVER TAPESTRY BY: Rita Oosuaq; reproduced courtesy of Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. COVER/JACKET DESIGN BY: Roger Handling. ILLUSTRATIONS: The illustrations in this book by the artists Abe Birnbaum, Tom Funk, Thomas B. Allen and Burt Silverman all appeared originally in The New Yorker. The sealskin stencil print by Sheouak, "Men Meeting," appeared on the cover of the program for the First Conference of the Arctic Co-operatives, Frobisher Bay, NWT, March 1963. CONTENTS: Foreword - Allan Fotheringham; Author's Note; Part One: EARLY YEARS Marian Anderson; Mrs. Roosevelt; War Correspondent; Part Two: NEW YORK The UN Builds Its Home; The Mounted Men; The Biggest Foundation; Part Three: THE NORTH Inuit Journey Baker Lake Art; The Beautiful Day; Denison's Ice Road; Don Snowden, 1929-1984; Part Four: CANADA Prime Minister/Premier Ministre; The Strangers Next Door; Part Five: HOME TO BC "Capi" Blanchet; Seven Stones; Hubert Evans; Bill Reid; Bella Coola; Fishing with John. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

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Titel
Strangers Next Door, The
Autor
Iglauer, Edith
Verlag
Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park
Erscheinungsjahr
1991
Zustand
Fine
Schutzumschlag
Fine
Einband
Hard Cover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1550170546
ISBN-13
9781550170542
Verkäuferkataloge
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