Strangers among us / David Woodman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodman, David C. (David Charles), 1956-

Series:

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 10.

McGill-Queen's native and northern series, 1181-7453 ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, John, 1786-1847.

Franklin, John.

Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--British.

Arctic regions.

Arctic Regions.

Discoveries in geography.

British.

Melville Peninsula (Nunavut)--History.

Melville Peninsula (Nunavut).

Physical Description:

xvi, 166 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1995]

Summary:

In 1868 American explorer Charles Francis Hall interviewed several Inuit hunters who spoke of strangers travelling through their land. Hall immediately assumed that the hunters were talking about survivors of the Franklin expedition and set off for the Melville Peninsula, the location of many of the sightings, to collect further evidence to support his theory. Hall's theory was roundly dismissed by historians of his day, who concluded that the Inuit had been referring to other white explorers, despite significant discrepancies between the Inuit evidence and the records of other expeditions. In Strangers Among Us Woodman re-examines the Inuit accounts in light of modern scholarship and concludes that Hall's initial conclusions are supported by Inuit remembrances, remembrances that do not correlate with the travels of other expeditions but are consistent with those of Franklin's.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-162) and index.

ISBN:

0773513485

OCLC:

37594300