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Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo
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Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo Hardback - 2000

by Kenn Harper; Foreword by Kevin Spacey

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From the publisher

In 1897, American explorer Robert Peary brought Minik Wallace, a young Polar Eskimo, from northwestern Greenland to New York. During his 12 years in America, Minik's adoptive family went from riches to rags, and Minik's own life was shattered by the traumatic discovery of his father's skeleton on display in the American Museum of Natural History. Sent back to Greenland in 1909, Minik had to relearn his native language and hunting skills to survive. Told here for the first time, this dark chapter from the golden age of Polar expedition is based on original research in Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S.

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  • Title Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo
  • Author Kenn Harper; Foreword by Kevin Spacey
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First American e
  • Pages 277
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Steerforth Press, South Royalton, VT
  • Publication date 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781883642532 / 1883642531
  • Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.32 x 6.35 x 1.28 in (23.67 x 16.13 x 3.25 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Polar Eskimos, Wallace, Minik
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99089373
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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