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The Land of Feast and Famine |
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A first-hand account of the Canadian North, in the final days of the fur trading era.
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-Queen's after more than forty years out-of-print, is a vivid depiction of Ingstad's 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."
The Land of Feast and Famine, originally published in 1931 and re-released by McGill-Queen's after more than forty years out-of-print, is a vivid depiction of Ingstad's 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."
Details
366 Pages
28 b&w photos, 1 map
ISBN 9780773509122
April 1992
Formats: Paperback, eBook
"Ingstad is a good witness ... His writing is lively and he shows great skill in keeping his reader with him ... This book is an adventure/travel story that is also a first-hand account of the last days of the fur trappers' society and as such is a valuable document ... a first Canadian edition is appropriate and timely." Dorothy Harley Eber, author of When The Whalers Were Up North.
Helge Ingstad, now deceased was a Norwegian explorer and author, who was awarded five honorary doctorates from universities in Canada, the United States, and Norway. A former Commander of the Royal Order of St Olav, he was distinguished with the Royal Geographical Society Patron's Medal.
