Author: Boeri, David
Title: People of the Ice Whale: Eskimos, White Men, and the Whale
Description: New York: E. P. Dutton , Inc. (1982). (1982). New York: E. P. Dutton , Inc. (1982). (1982). Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. There is some light staining to the front cover & the front panel of the dust jacket is lightly soiled. xiv & 285 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white map. Very good.

First edition.

For three seasons, the author joined Alaskan Eskimos hunting the great Arctic whale and was caught up in the bitter controversy between the whalers and the scientists and environmentalists who decided the bowhead whale was theatened with extinction, resulting in the imposition of strict limits on the hunt by the U.S. government. Very good .

Keywords: AMERICANA; NATIVE AMERICANS; ALASKA; ESKIMOS; WHALERS; HUNTING; BOWHEAD WHALE; ARCTIC WHALE; INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION; ENVIRONMENTALISTS; PRESERVATION; PEOPLE OF THE ICE WHALE; DAVID BOERI; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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