An edition of The white dawn (1971)
The white dawn
an Eskimo saga
By James A. Houston
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Publish Date
1971
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Language
eng
Pages
275
Description:
In 1896, three survivors from a whaling misadventure are nursed back to health by Eskimo villagers who share their food, women, and way of life with the strangers. In return, the foreigners introduce to the villagers the spirit of competitiveness that rules the white man's world.