People of the Deer
Author | : Farley Mowat |
Publisher | : D & M Publishers |
Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 2012-10-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781771000451 |
ISBN-13 | : 1771000457 |
Rating | : 4/5 (457 Downloads) |
Download or read book People of the Deer written by Farley Mowat and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1886, the Ihalmiut of northern Canada numbered 7,000 souls; by 1946, when 25-year-old Farley Mowat travelled to the Arctic, their population had dwindled to only 40. Living among them, he observed the millennia-old migration of the caribou and endured the bleak winters, food shortages and continual, devastating intrusions of interlopers bent on exploiting the Arctic. In this seminal book, Mowat details a genocide wrought by misunderstanding and neglect. Debated long after its publication, this powerful story of the Ihalmiut continues to haunt the Canadian conscience.