People of the Deer (Death of a People) - Softcover

Mowat, Farley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786714786 ISBN 13: 9780786714780

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2004

Synopsis

In 1886, the Ihalmiut people of northern Canada numbered seven thousand; by 1946, when Farley Mowat began his two-year stay in the Arctic, the population had fallen to just forty. With them, he observed for the first time the phenomenon that would inspire him for the rest of his life: the millennia-old migration of the Arctic's caribou herds. He also endured bleak, interminable winters, suffered agonizing shortages of food, and witnessed the continual, devastating intrusions of outsiders bent on exploitation. Here, in this classic and first book to demonstrate the mammoth literary talent that would produce some of the most memorable books of the next half-century, best-selling author Farley Mowat chronicles his harrowing experiences. People of the Deer is the lyrical ethnography of a beautiful and endangered society. It is a mournful reproach to those who would manipulate and destroy indigenous cultures throughout the world. Most of all, it is a tribute to the last People of the Deer, the diminished Ihalmiuts, whose calamitous encounter with our civilization resulted in their unnecessary demise.

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Review:

"Farley Mowat's books have marked Xs in the sand, and have struck their own igniting sparks. . . . His rage can be Swiftean, his humor Puckish, but his compassion for all creatures great and small has been consistent."--Margaret Atwood--

Book Description:

The classic first book from one of the world's best-loved storytellers, Farley Mowat's unforgettable account of a people driven nearly to extinction by the trespasses of Western culture

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0786714786
• ISBN 13: 9780786714780
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340