Minik, a young Eskimo boy, was brought to New York City with five other Eskimos as "cargo" by Robert Peary in 1897, and left as specimens at the American Museum of Natural History. Orphaned after a year, Minik remained in New York for 12 years, until, disillusioned with white society, he returned to his homeland.
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Minik, a young Eskimo boy, was brought to New York City with five other Eskimos as "cargo" by Robert Peary in 1897, and left as specimens at the American Museum of Natural History. Orphaned after a year, Minik remained in New York for 12 years, until, disillusioned with white society, he returned to his homeland.
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Add this copy of Give Me My Father's Body to cart. $29.87, good condition, Sold by Hockley Books, ships from Palgrave, ON, CANADA, published 1986 by Blacklead Books.
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Good in N/a jacket. Signed by Author(s) Book has brown background with a picture of a boy dressed in furs. There is a bit of edgewear and a small tear at the lower front spine. Dedication to "fellow northerners" and signed on the title page by the author. About a 'Polar Eskimo' from north-western Greenland who was taken to New York as a living specimen for museum. Book interior is clean and tight.
Add this copy of Give Me My Father's Body to cart. $38.00, very good condition, Sold by Hockley Books, ships from Palgrave, ON, CANADA, published 2000 by Steerforth Press.
