Book of the Eskimos

Peter Freuchen

Published by Fawcett-Premier, softcover, illustrated


This book, written by the man who knew the Eskimos better than any other man of our generation, presents an extraordinary close-up of a civilization still shrouded in mystery—one of the strangest societies in the entire would ...

"An earthy, jolly book as well as an enormously informed analysis of the Eskimo mind and mysterious tradition ...salted with the explorer's own philosophy. Freuchen's stature as an explorer is evident throughout the book; so is Freuchen's stature as a writer - an unpretentious, direct, primitive talent."