Author: JENNESS, DIAMOND; JENNESS, STUART E.[EDITOR]; TAYLOR, WILLIAM E. JR.[FOREWORD]
Title: Arctic Odyssey: The Diary of Diamond Jenness, Ethnologist with the Canadian Arctic Expedition in Northern Alaska and Canada 1913-1916
Description: Canada: Canadian Museum of Civilization / Smithsonian Institution, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 066012906x. xliii, 859 pages. Footnotes, references, index. Black and white diagrams and reproductions of photos. "Provides insight at a ground level of Jenness' long, tough voyage of discovery, so that anyone interested in Arctic America or Canadian studies will find this journal a rare and enriching experience. Further, for Arctic scholars, this journal presents the detailed context for those pioneer monographs that launched the career of young Jenness and led to his becoming Canada's pre-eminent anthropologist." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Modest bow to front board. Possible light cigarette scent. A sound reading copy of this fascinating early Arctic diary.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Arctic Odyssey: The Diary of Diamond Jenness, Ethnologist with the Canadian Arctic Expedition in Northern Alaska and Canada 1913-1916, Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969 - Diaries, Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918, Victoria Island, Copper Eskimos. Good in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 066012906x : 1916 1886 1969 1913 1918 Travel Exploration & Adventure