Peter Freuchen’s Book of the Eskimos / edited and with a pref. by Dagmar Freuchen
Publisher: World Pub. Co.
Published: 1961.
Place of publication: Cleveland, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 441
Description: Introduction to the life and customs of the Eskimo based on the experiences of the Danish explorer in Greenland, Northern Canada, and Alaska.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1 Eskimo life and ways: Eskimo environment and origins -- The Eskimo way of life -- Trading with the Eskimos -- Love and marriage -- Eating and visiting -- Polar Justice: Crime and punishment among the Eskimos -- Eskimos as servants -- The Eskimo mind -- Pt. 2 Adventures with the Eskimos: Lootevek: Cassanova of the ice floes -- Arctic nightmare -- An Eskimo takes a bride -- Dead man's cache -- The partner -- The day I harpponed myself -- Marriage, the harbor of safety -- Hunger -- The polar bear -- Pt. 3 The Eskimos: Past and present.