The wake of the unseen object /

"When The Wake of the Unseen Object was published in 1991, I imagined it might reach readers as a work of "literary travel," a genre then filling the shelves at the front of bookstores. The understated arc of the book, after all, was the education of a traveler: his progress, from ear...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kizzia, Tom (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2020.
Edition:New edition.
Series:Classic Reprint Ser.
Subjects:
Eskimos > Alaska > Social life and customs.
Indians of North America > Alaska > Social life and customs.
Inuits > Alaska > Mœurs et coutumes.
Peuples autochtones > Alaska > Mœurs et coutumes.
Eskimos > Social life and customs
Indians of North America > Social life and customs
Travel
Alaska > Description and travel.
Alaska > Descriptions et voyages.
Alaska
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Introduction to the new edition
  • 1. Forest Primeval
  • 2. Spirit World
  • 3. People of Kauwerak
  • 4. Return of the Native
  • 5. Indian Country
  • 6. Animal Powers
  • 7. Red Devil
  • 8. Icons
  • 9. River People
  • 10. Yupiit Nation
  • 11. The Wake of the Unseen Object
  • Acknowledgments

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