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pp.xv [16] 223 plus 8 leaves of B&W plates, maps on end papers, gift inscription on front dj flap. The author wrote in his forward, “I love the so-called primitive peoples of the world, peoples for the most part happy and untroubled, and whose simple and peaceful lives contrast so strongly with the frenzied activities and problems of our own twentieth century. So I decided to go and see for myself what was happening in the New North, how the Eskimos were reacting to this sudden development o their ancestral hunting-ground, how it was affecting their life and ways… I have done my best to give the reader my own personal impressions and as accurate a picture as possible of Canada ‘North of Sixty’.”
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| Number of pages | 223 | |
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| Original Title | North of Sixty -- A picture of the happy, lovable people who live in Canada's Far North and of the way they are being affected by its sudden development. | |
| Published Date | 1958 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very Good | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | London | |
| Edition | First Edition | |
| Category: | Arctic | |
| Author: | Colin Wyatt | |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
pp.xv [16] 223 plus 8 leaves of B&W plates, maps on end papers, gift inscription on front dj flap. The author wrote in his forward, “I love the so-called primitive peoples of the world, peoples for the most part happy and untroubled, and whose simple and peaceful lives contrast so strongly with the frenzied activities and problems of our own twentieth century. So I decided to go and see for myself what was happening in the New North, how the Eskimos were reacting to this sudden development o their ancestral hunting-ground, how it was affecting their life and ways… I have done my best to give the reader my own personal impressions and as accurate a picture as possible of Canada ‘North of Sixty’.”
| Weight | 1 kg |
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