Land of the good shadows; the life story of Anauta, an Eskimo woman / by Heluiz Chandler Washburne and ... (Anauta) ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Washburne, Heluiz, 1892-

Anauta, author.

Contributor:

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anauta.

Eskimos--Social life and customs.

Eskimos.

Inuit--Nunavut--Baffin Island.

Inuit.

Inuit women--Biography.

Inuit women.

Eskimos--Northwest Territories--Nunavut--Baffin Island.

Northwest Territories.

Nunavut.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7783, 7784)

Physical Description:

xix, 329 pages : 3 plates, 2 portrait (including frontispiece) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The John Day co., [1940]

Summary:

An autobiography of an Inuit woman in the Labrador-Baffin Island region.

Notes:

Map on lining-papers.

Anauta's name also in Eskimo characters on t.-p.

"Baffin island Eskimo alphabet": [326] "Glossary": p. 327-329.

Local Notes:

Schimmel 7783: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Isabel Hubbard bookplate on half title. Caroline F. Schimmel bookplate on half title. Ink inscription with co-author autograph on half title: My very best wishes - always. ᐊᓇᐅᑕ Anauta.

Schimmel 7784: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Caroline F. Schimmel bookplate on front free endleaf verso. Ink inscription on frontispiece: To my friends the Liemans with all best wishes always ; ᐊᓇᐅᑕ Anauta. With dust jacket.

OCLC:

615850