James Houston's Treasury of Inuit Legends

James Houston's Treasury of Inuit Legends
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 015205930X
ISBN-13 : 9780152059309
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Book Synopsis James Houston's Treasury of Inuit Legends by : James A. Houston

Download or read book James Houston's Treasury of Inuit Legends written by James A. Houston and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Houston helped introduce Inuit culture to the world with his remarkable art and stories. Here are four of his exciting Inuit folk tales--"The White Archer", "Akavak," "Tikta'liktak" and "Wolf Run"--collected in one beautiful volume. "The White Archer" and "Tikta'liktak" were both named an Eskimo Legend CLA Book of the Year for Children in the 1960s.James Houston made his first journey to the Canadian Arctic in 1948 in search of a new land to paint. He lived with Inuit and Indian people in the Arctic for 12 years and grew to understand them and their way of life."Houston's knowledge of the Inuit people and their culture is astounding. And his description of the Arctic is both powerful and sometimes frightening--a cold, lonely world that can do strange things to men's minds." --Toronto StarAges 8 and up


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