White Eskimo : Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic
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Author
Published
Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
Status
Central - Adult Biography
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Published
Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxv, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"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"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Anthropologists -- Denmark -- Biography.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Danish.
Explorers -- Denmark -- Biography.
Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- Danish.
Inuit -- Social life and customs.
Racially mixed people -- Denmark -- Biography.
Rasmussen, Knud, -- 1879-1933 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
Rasmussen, Knud, -- 1879-1933.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Danish.
Explorers -- Denmark -- Biography.
Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- Danish.
Inuit -- Social life and customs.
Racially mixed people -- Denmark -- Biography.
Rasmussen, Knud, -- 1879-1933 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
Rasmussen, Knud, -- 1879-1933.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bown, S. R. (2015). White Eskimo: Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic (First Da Capo Press edition.). Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bown, Stephen R.. 2015. White Eskimo: Knud Rasmussen's Fearless Journey Into the Heart of the Arctic. Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bown, Stephen R.. White Eskimo: Knud Rasmussen's Fearless Journey Into the Heart of the Arctic Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bown, Stephen R.. White Eskimo: Knud Rasmussen's Fearless Journey Into the Heart of the Arctic First Da Capo Press edition., Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
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