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The Resource White Eskimo : Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic, Stephen R. Bown

White Eskimo : Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic, Stephen R. Bown

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Summary
"While Amundsen, Franklin, and Peary were first to explore the furthest geographical reaches of the Polar North, Knud Rasmussen was the first to explore its culture and its soul. Part Danish, part Inuit, the famed explorer anthropologist made an epic three year journey by dog sled from Greenland to Alaska recording not only the landscapes but also the songs and stories of the Eskimo people. In the ranks of the great explorer/writers who opened hitherto impenetrable cultures to the West--T.E. Lawrence in the Mideast, Wilfred Thesiger among the Bedouin, Richard Burton in Africa or among the Sufi--Rasmussen stars not only for his physical courage and ability to assimilate into the life of indigenous peoples, but also for the beauty of his writing. Across Arctic America and his collection of Eskimo songs and stories are classics of Polar literature. There has been no full-scale biography of Rasmussen in English, and Stephen Bown's splendidly received life of Roald Amundsen makes him the perfect writer to record the great journeys and fascinating life of the Inuit from Greenland through the Northwest Passage, to Alaska"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition
Extent
xxv, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Note
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
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
Isbn
9780306822827
Instance
Label
White Eskimo : Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic
Title
White Eskimo
Title remainder
Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic
Statement of responsibility
Stephen R. Bown
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"While Amundsen, Franklin, and Peary were first to explore the furthest geographical reaches of the Polar North, Knud Rasmussen was the first to explore its culture and its soul. Part Danish, part Inuit, the famed explorer anthropologist made an epic three year journey by dog sled from Greenland to Alaska recording not only the landscapes but also the songs and stories of the Eskimo people. In the ranks of the great explorer/writers who opened hitherto impenetrable cultures to the West--T.E. Lawrence in the Mideast, Wilfred Thesiger among the Bedouin, Richard Burton in Africa or among the Sufi--Rasmussen stars not only for his physical courage and ability to assimilate into the life of indigenous peoples, but also for the beauty of his writing. Across Arctic America and his collection of Eskimo songs and stories are classics of Polar literature. There has been no full-scale biography of Rasmussen in English, and Stephen Bown's splendidly received life of Roald Amundsen makes him the perfect writer to record the great journeys and fascinating life of the Inuit from Greenland through the Northwest Passage, to Alaska"--
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Bown, Stephen R.,
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Rasmussen, Knud
  • Rasmussen, Knud
  • Rasmussen, Knud
  • Explorers
  • Anthropologists
  • Racially mixed people
  • Inuit
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
  • Anthropologists
  • Discovery and exploration, Danish
  • Explorers
  • Inuit
  • Racially mixed people
  • Travel
  • Arctic regions
  • Greenland
  • Arctic Regions
  • Denmark
  • Greenland
Label
White Eskimo : Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic, Stephen R. Bown
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Publication
Copyright
Note
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
910936242
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition
Extent
xxv, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780306822827
Lccn
2015019154
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)910936242
Label
White Eskimo : Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic, Stephen R. Bown
Publication
Copyright
Note
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
910936242
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition
Extent
xxv, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780306822827
Lccn
2015019154
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)910936242

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