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The Desperate People
The Desperate People
Author: Farley Mowat, Rosemary Kilbourn (Illustrator)
A brave people battle for survival in the Arctic — They were rich, the caribou were abundant. Their dogs were many and strong. The children in the tents were happy, and there was never any fear of going hungry. Then came the ruthless white man's civilization. And with it came slaughter of the herds, starvation of the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553148183
ISBN-10: 0553148184
Publication Date: 1981
Pages: 222
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Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
Book Type: Paperback
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In the 1950's Canadian naturalist Farley Mowat went way out on a limb to let the public know his findings and feelings about wildlife and Eskimos. This book tells of the Ihalmiut and their slow demise. Farley Mowat loved them and his indictment of of their torturers and his tribute to the Ihalmiut is factual, heart rending, and very hard to stop reading.


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