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    Reference 2520 (1841)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Mowat, Farley (Rosemary Kilbourn, illustrator)
    Title THE DESPERATE PEOPLE.
    Publishing Information London: Michael Joseph, 1960.
    Description 1st UK Edition: 27 pages, illustrated, lovely chapter heading woodcuts by Rosemary Kilbourn, endpaper maps. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, minor spotting to page edges, contents clean, dustjacket nibbled with a couple of minor splits now repaired with archival quality tape. Covers nice and bright. "Between 1947 and 1949, the author became friendly with the Ihalmiut, the forty-nine survivors of a tribe which once numbered thousands. He learned their way of life, their spiritual and physical dependence on the caribou, their pleasures and their many fears. Out of his love and respect for them came a vibrant book."
    Price £15.00
    Keywords eskimo, caribou, alaska, canada S1-Arc
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