num_pages: 275
description: 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.
language: English
title: The White Dawn:  An Eskimo Saga
titlecomplete: The White Dawn:  An Eskimo Saga
genres: Historical, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Canada
ratings_count: 205
places: Canadian Arctic (Nunavut, Northwest Territories & Yukon)
publisher: Harcourt Brace and company