The Land of Feast and Famine by Helge Ingstad (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Land of Feast and Famine by Helge Ingstad Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Describes the companions and fellow trappers with whom the author shared harsh and heart-warming experiences, and relates how he learned about beaver, caribou, wolf, and other wildlife. It provides information about native medicine and offers a glimpse of the Northwest Territories in the final days of the fur trading era. Publisher Description In the late 1920s, Helge Ingstad spent four years as a hunter and trapper in the Canadian Arctic. When he first arrived in the North, people in the river communities would bet on the arrival of the river boats - when he stopped at Fort Resolution on his way out, the bets were about planes. The Land of Feast and Famine, originally published in 1931 and re-released by McGill-Queens after more than forty years out-of-print, is a vivid depiction of Ingstads adventures. He describes the native companions and fellow trappers with whom he shared both harsh and heart-warming experiences, and relates how he learned first-hand about beaver, caribou, wolf, and other wildlife. He also provides a remarkable body of information about native medicine. The arrival of the aviation age opened of the North, irrevocably changing the way of life of the Native people. The Land of Feast and Famine provides a fascinating glimpse of the Northwest Territories in the final days of the fur trading era. Author Biography Helge Ingstad is most known for his discovery of the location where Vikings landed in North America 500 years before Columbus. Norwegian by birth, he abandoned a lucrative law career to become a trapper in the Canadian Arctic, served as a governor in Greenland, and lived with the Apache Indians and Alaskan Eskimos. In addition to this book, Ingstad authored "East of the Great Glacier, The Viking Discovery of America, Westward to Vinland, East of the Great Glacier", and "Land of Feast and Famine". He died in 2001. Details ISBN 0773509127 ISBN-13 9780773509122 Title The Land of Feast and Famine Author Helge Ingstad Format Paperback Year 1992 Pages 360 Edition New edition Publisher McGill-Queens University Press GE_Item_ID:145256543; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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