The Kingdom of the Seal
By: Francis M. Ménager, S.J.
Contributors: illustrated by the author, preface by Wilfred P. Schoenberg, S.J., design by J. Bernard
Publisher: Loyola University Press
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Chicago
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Jesuits -- Missions.; Inuit -- Alaska.; Inuit -- Missions.; Jésuites -- Missions -- Alaska -- Histoire.; Eskimos -- Alaska.; Eskimos -- Missions.
Genres: Autobiography; Anthropology
First sentence: When I look back to my childhood it is evident to me that God Almighty in His wisdom destined me to be a missionary, who would take care not only of the souls of Eskimos but also of their bodies.
Description: Autobiographical anecdotes of an American Jesuit missionary, born and raised in Nantes, France, who worked among the Inuit people establishing remote missions throughout Alaska for twenty-five years (August 1927 - January 1953). The award-winning volume is profusely illustrated by the author with naïve pen-and-ink drawings of native people, places, daily events, and rituals.
Notes: Autobiographical.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: vi; title: Introduction
pagenum: xi; label: 1
title: The early years
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Kashunak
pagenum: 5; label: 3
title: The Eskimo language
pagenum: 18; label: 4
title: The Eskimo dances
pagenum: 28; label: 5
title: My first baptism in Eskimo land
pagenum: 39; label: 6
title: My first Christmas among the seal hunters
pagenum: 46; label: 7
title: The medicine man
pagenum: 54; label: 8
title: The founding of Hooper Bay Mission
pagenum: 68; label: 9
title: Marayameut or Mud Village
pagenum: 89; label: 10
title: Nurrifkartulik or Food Village
pagenum: 102; label: 11
title: Mushing to Nelson Island
pagenum: 109; label: 12
title: Tununak
pagenum: 115; label: 13
title: The coming of the airplane
pagenum: 126; label: 14
title: The unforgetable kayak ride
pagenum: 140; label: 15
title: My best altar boy
pagenum: 150; label: 16
title: Alaskan fishing
pagenum: 157; label: 17
title: Grandma Gregory
pagenum: 167; label: 18
title: A night at Kankokreayarameut, Peanut Village
pagenum: 172; label: 19
title: An ideal Eskimo catechist
pagenum: 184; label: 20
title: Flying to Father Tom's kingdom
pagenum: 193