num_pages: 287
description: Novel of the life of the Eskimo people as they confront the survival of "sense of self" in a changing world along with survival of family and way of life in a diffcult environment.
language: English
title: BARREN LANDS: People of the Deer; The Desperate People; The Snow Walker; Walking on the Land
titlecomplete: BARREN LANDS: People of the Deer; The Desperate People; The Snow Walker; Walking on the Land
genres: Canada, Canadian Literature, Biography, Science, Travel, Nature, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Anthropology
ratings_count: 1444
awards: awardedAt: -536428800000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Seal Bantam Books