Snow baby
Subtitle: the Arctic childhood of Admiral Robert E. Peary's daring daughter
By: Katherine Kirkpatrick
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
ISBN-13: 9780823419739
Subjects: Explorers; Family; Family relationships; Childhood and youth; Biography; Children
Description: News of Marie Ahnighito Peary's birth on an icy bay in northern Greenland spread around the globe, shocking Victorian society. The daughter of prominent American parents had been born in a tarred lodge at the edge of the known world! Even the Inuit who visited the blond, blue-eyed baby were amazed. They called her "Snow Baby." While most girls Marie's age were studying sewing and other "womanly arts," she was wearing caribous skin pants, sliding down glacial cliffs, and making friends with the Inuit children.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-49) and index.
Table of contents: title: Snow baby; title: Life of contrasts; title: Moving the iron mountain; title: Adventures on the Windward; title: Winter on the ice-locked ship; title: Reunions and farewells; title: Eagle island; title: Victory tour; title: Afterword; title: Bibliography; title: Source notes; title: Acknowledgments and picture credits; title: Index.