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Harpoon of the hunter / by Markoosie ; illustrations by Germaine Arnaktauyok.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 7491
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Markoosie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hunting.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Inuit.
- Arctic regions.
- Eskimos.
- Genre:
- Quarter bindings
- stories (literature genre)
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7491)
- Physical Description:
- 81 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1970
- Summary:
- Presents the story of Kamik, a young hero who comes to manhood while on a treacherous hunt for a wounded polar bear.
- Notes:
- "Two hundred copies of this edition have been bound in sealskin. The sidepapers were designed and silkscreened by the illustrator"--colophon on half title verso. Quarter binding with sealskin leather. Boards covered with paper screenprinted by illustrator.
- Originally published as a serial in the newsletter Inuttituut.
- Includes reproduction of one page of the story in the original Inuktitut syllabary. Translated by the author.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 7491: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Ink manuscript signatures by author and illustrator on half title verso. Edition 105/200. In slipcase.
- ISBN:
- 9780773501027
- 0773501029
- OCLC:
- 1019218225
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