The White Dawn: An Eskimo Saga (Harvest Book) - Softcover

Houston, James A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 015696256X ISBN 13: 9780156962568

Publisher: Thomson Learning, 1989

Synopsis

In 1896, three survivors from a whaling misadventure are nursed back to health by Eskimo villagers who share their food, women, and way of life with the strangers. In return, the foreigners introduce to the villagers the spirit of competitiveness that rules the white man's world. Map and drawings by the Author.

About this title

About the Author:

JAMES HOUSTON, Canadian author and artist, made his first journey to the Canadian Arctic in 1948 in search of a new land to paint. There he found a warm, friendly people living in a vast, cold, and hauntingly beautiful world. He lived with the Inuit and Indian people in the Arctic for twelve years and grew to understand them and their way of life. He has since traveled widely in the Arctic region, from Iceland to Alaska, as well as in Scandinavia, Russia, Mexico, and Europe. Mr. Houston is the award-winning author and illustrator of many successful children's books that vividly portray the striking landscape of the Arctic and its strong and independent people.

Synopsis:

After becoming separated from their whaling party three New Englanders are adopted and nursed back to health by an Eskimo village.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomson Learning
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 015696256X
• ISBN 13: 9780156962568
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275