From the tundra to the trenches / Eddy Weetaltuk ; edited and with a foreword by Thibault Martin ; introduction by Isabelle St-Amand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weetaltuk, Eddy, author.

Contributor:

Martin, Thibault, 1963- writer of foreword.

St-Amand, Isabelle, writer of foreword.

Series:

First voices, first texts ; 4.

First Voices, First Texts ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weetaltuk, Eddy, 1932-2005.

Weetaltuk, Eddy.

Inuit.

Inuit--Canada--Biography.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Canada--Biography.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Soldiers--Canada--Biography.

Soldiers.

Canada.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages) : color illustrations, photographs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2016.

Summary:

"'My name is Weetaltuk; Eddy Weetaltuk. My Eskimo tag name is E9-422.' So begins From the 'Tundra to the Trenches.' Weetaltuk means 'innocent eyes' in Inuktitut, but to the Canadian government, he was known as E9-422: E for Eskimo, 9 for his community, 422 to identify Eddy. In 1951, Eddy decided to leave James Bay. Because Inuit weren't allowed to leave the North, he changed his name and used this new identity to enlist in the Canadian Forces: Edward Weetaltuk, E9-422, became Eddy Vital, SC-17515, and headed off to fight in the Korean War. In 1967, after fifteen years in the Canadian Forces, Eddy returned home. He worked with Inuit youth struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, and, in 1974, started writing his life's story. This compelling memoir traces an Inuk's experiences of world travel and military service. Looking back on his life, Weetaltuk wanted to show young Inuit that they can do and be what they choose. From the Tundra to the Trenches is the fourth book in the First Voices, First Texts series, which publishes lost or underappreciated texts by Indigenous writers. This new English edition of Eddy Weetaltuk's memoir includes a foreword and appendix by Thibault Martin and an introduction by Isabelle St-Amand."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Weetaltuk, or the Times of innocence

At the boarding school

How Eddy Weetaltuk (E9-422) became Eddy Vital, Canadian Private (SC-17515)

Training to become a soldier

From the Island of pleasure to the Inferno

Culture clash

Life goes on

In prison and in love.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 28, 2018).

ISBN:

9780887555343

0887555349

9780887555367

0887555365

OCLC:

972292945