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Author Freuchen, Peter, 1886-1957.

Title Book of the Eskimos / Edited and with a pref. by Dagmar Freuchen.

Publication Info. Cleveland : World Pub. Co., [1961]

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Location Call No. Status
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  919.8 FREUCHEN    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  970.4 F889B    Check Shelf
Edition [First edition].
Description 441 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Subject Eskimos.
Added Title Eskimos.
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