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Book of the Eskimos
Book of the Eskimos
Author: Peter Freuchen
This book, written by the man who knew the Eskimos better than any other man of our generation, presents an extraordinary close-up of a civilization still shrouded in mystery--one of the strangest societies in the entire world. An earthy, jolly book as well as an enormously informed analysis of the Eskimo mind and mysterious tradition salted wi...  more »
ISBN: 228895
Publication Date: 1961
Pages: 319
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Publisher: Fawcett Publications
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Without a doubt written in another time but a great book. It surely is different than the smiling Eskimos standing outside an igloo that we learned about in the fourth grade. This book should be required reading for anyone who believes that native peoples two centuries ago were tree hugging paleohippies.


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