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  | | Minik The New York Eskimo: An Arctic Explorer, a Museum, and the Betrayal of the Inuit People by Kenn Harper, Kevin Spacey Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2017 by Steerforth ISBN-13: 978-1-58642-241-7, ISBN: 1-58642-241-3 "A true story from the great age of Arctic exploration of an Inuit boy's struggle for dignity against Robert Peary and the American Museum of Natural History in turn-of-the-century New York City.Sailing aboard a ship called Hope in 1897, celebrated Arctic explorer Robert Peary entered New York Harbor with peculiar "cargo": Six Polar Inuit intended to serve as live "specimens" at the American Museum of Natural History. Four died within a ..." |
 | | Give Me My Father's Body(1st Edition) The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper, Kevin Spacey Hardcover, 277 Pages, Published 2000 by Steerforth Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-883642-53-2, ISBN: 1-883642-53-1 "At last returning to print, Give Me My Father's Body is the thought-provoking tale of Minik, a young Inuit boy brought to New York by Robert Peary around the turn of the 20th century. Told simply and interspersed with personal letters and newspaper clippings, the book examines Minik's life both as a cross-cultural meeting place and a deeply personal search for a place to call "home." Photographs throughout of Minik give a glimpse into t ..." |
 | | Give Me My Father's Body(Abridged) The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper, Kevin Spacey Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2001 by Simon Pulse Abridged ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-1257-5, ISBN: 0-7434-1257-5 "At last returning to print, Give Me My Father's Body is the thought-provoking tale of Minik, a young Inuit boy brought to New York by Robert Peary around the turn of the 20th century. Told simply and interspersed with personal letters and newspaper clippings, the book examines Minik's life both as a cross-cultural meeting place and a deeply personal search for a place to call "home." Photographs throughout of Minik give a glimpse into t ..." |
 | | Give Me My Father's Body The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper, Foreword-Kevin Spacey Library, 233 Pages, Published 2001 by Topeka Bindery ISBN-13: 978-0-613-74188-0, ISBN: 0-613-74188-9 |
 | | Give Me My Father's Body(Reprint) The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper, Kevin Spacey Library, Published 2008 by Paw Prints ISBN-13: 978-1-4395-5874-4, ISBN: 1-4395-5874-4 "At last returning to print, Give Me My Father's Body is the thought-provoking tale of Minik, a young Inuit boy brought to New York by Robert Peary around the turn of the 20th century. Told simply and interspersed with personal letters and newspaper clippings, the book examines Minik's life both as a cross-cultural meeting place and a deeply personal search for a place to call "home." Photographs throughout of Minik give a glimpse into t ..." |
 | | Give Me My Father's Body The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper, Foreword-Kevin Spacey Turtleback, Published 2002 by Turtleback Books Distributed By Demco Media ISBN-13: 978-0-606-22784-1, ISBN: 0-606-22784-9 |
 | | Give Me My Father's Body(2nd Edition) The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper, Kevin Spacey Library, 277 Pages, Published 2001 by San Val ISBN-13: 978-0-613-45765-1, ISBN: 0-613-45765-X "In 1897, American explorer Robert Peary brought Minik Wallace, a young Polar Eskimo, from northwestern Greenland to New York. During his 12 years in America, Minik's adoptive family went from riches to rags, and Minik's own life was shattered by the traumatic discovery of his father's skeleton on display in the American Museum of Natural History. Sent back to Greenland in 1909, Minik had to relearn his native language and hunting skills ..." |
 | | Give Me My Father's Body The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo by Kenn/ Space Harper, Kevin Spacey Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2001 by Washington Square Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-1005-2, ISBN: 0-7434-1005-X "At last returning to print, Give Me My Father's Body is the thought-provoking tale of Minik, a young Inuit boy brought to New York by Robert Peary around the turn of the 20th century. Told simply and interspersed with personal letters and newspaper clippings, the book examines Minik's life both as a cross-cultural meeting place and a deeply personal search for a place to call "home." Photographs throughout of Minik give a glimpse into t ..." |
 | | Give Me My Father's Body The Life of Minik, The New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper, Kevin Spa Paperback, 277 Pages, Published 2000 by Profile Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-86197-252-1, ISBN: 1-86197-252-0 "At last returning to print, Give Me My Father's Body is the thought-provoking tale of Minik, a young Inuit boy brought to New York by Robert Peary around the turn of the 20th century. Told simply and interspersed with personal letters and newspaper clippings, the book examines Minik's life both as a cross-cultural meeting place and a deeply personal search for a place to call "home." Photographs throughout of Minik give a glimpse into t ..." |
 | | Give Me My Father's Body(1st Edition) The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo (First Printing) by Kenn Harper Hardcover, 275 Pages, Published 1986 by Blacklead Books ISBN-13: 978-0-920245-78-1, ISBN: 0-920245-78-1 "At last returning to print, Give Me My Father's Body is the thought-provoking tale of Minik, a young Inuit boy brought to New York by Robert Peary around the turn of the 20th century. Told simply and interspersed with personal letters and newspaper clippings, the book examines Minik's life both as a cross-cultural meeting place and a deeply personal search for a place to call "home." Photographs throughout of Minik give a glimpse into t ..." |
 | | Die Seele meines Vaters. Minik - Der Eskimo von New York. by Kenn Harper, Jutta Steffen-Schrade, Kevin Spacey Paperback, 415 Pages, Published 2001 by Heyne ISBN-13: 978-3-453-19143-3, ISBN: 3-453-19143-9 "2001. 415 Seiten, ca. 19 x 12 cm, Taschenbuch Das tragische Schicksal des kleinen Eskimojungen Minik; mit ueber 100 Fotografien; Diana Taschenbuch Nr. 62/0220; gut erhalten" |
 | | Tales of Arctic Whaling (In Those Days: Collected Writings on Arctic History) by Kenn Harper Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2019 by Inhabit Media ISBN-13: 978-1-77227-179-9, ISBN: 1-77227-179-9 "In this third volume of In Those Days, Harper shares stories of the rise and fall of the whaling industry in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. At the turn of the nineteenth century, whale baleen and blubber were extremely valuable commodities, and so sailors braved the treacherous Arctic waters, risking starvation, scurvy, and death, to bring home the bounty of the North. The presence of these whalemen in the North would irrevocably alter th ..." |
 | | Shamans, Spirits, and Faith in the Inuit North by Kenn Harper 250 Pages, Published 2019 by Inhabit Media ISBN-13: 978-1-77227-254-3, ISBN: 1-77227-254-X "In this new collection, Kenn Harper shares tales of Inuit and Christian beliefs and how these came to coexist--and sometimes clash--in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." |
 | | Thou Shalt Do No Murder Inuit, Injustice, and the Canadian Arctic by Kenn Harper Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Nunavut Arctic College ISBN-13: 978-1-897568-49-1, ISBN: 1-897568-49-5 " High Arctic, 1920: Three Inuit men delivered justice to an abusive Newfoundland trader. This is the story of fur trade rivalry and duplicity, isolation and abandonment, greed and madness, and a struggle for the affections of an Inuit woman during a time of major social change in the High Arctic. A show trial was held in Pond Inlet in 1923 that marked an end to the Inuit traditional way of life and ushered in an era in which Inuit aut ..." |
 | | Arctic Crime and Punishment(1st Edition) (In Those Days: Collected Writings on Arctic History) by Kenn Harper Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2015 by Inhabit Media ISBN-13: 978-1-77227-006-8, ISBN: 1-77227-006-7 "In this latest edition in the In Those Days: Collected Writings on Arctic History series, Kenn Harper shares the tales of murderers, thieves, and fraudsters, as well as the wrongfully accused, in the early days of Northern colonization. In the 19th and 20th centuries, settler and Inuit ideas of justice clashed, leading to some of the most unusual trials and punishments in history. Included in this collection are the stories of criminals ..." |
 | | In Those Days Inuit Lives (In Those Days: Collected Writings on Arctic History) by Kenn Harper Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2014 by Inhabit Media ISBN-13: 978-1-927095-58-4, ISBN: 1-927095-58-1 "Arctic historian Kenn Harper gathers the best of his columns about Inuit history, which appear weekly in Nunatsiaq News, in this exciting new series of books.Each installment of In Those Days: Collected Columns on Arctic History will cover a particularly fascinating aspect of traditional Inuit life. In volume one, “Inuit Biographies,” Harper shares the unique challenges and life histories of several Inuit living in pre-contact times.The ..." |
 | | Healing Secrets of the Native Americans (Herbs, Remedies, and Practices That Restore the Body, Mind, and Spirit) by Porter Shimer, Kenn Harper Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2004 by Tess Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60376-300-4, ISBN: 1-60376-300-7 "In the tradition of Black Dog & Leventhal's successful Chinese Natural Cures, Healing Secrets of the Native Americans brings the age-old knowledge and trusted techniques of Native-American healing to a wider audience. From this clear, reliable, and beautifully packaged book, learn how Native Americans have used the bountiful gifts of nature to heal the mind, the body, and the spirit. Discover how the Native-American tradition uses plant ..." |
 | | Give Me My Father's Body(Updated) The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2001 by Profile Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-86197-287-3, ISBN: 1-86197-287-3 "At last returning to print, Give Me My Father's Body is the thought-provoking tale of Minik, a young Inuit boy brought to New York by Robert Peary around the turn of the 20th century. Told simply and interspersed with personal letters and newspaper clippings, the book examines Minik's life both as a cross-cultural meeting place and a deeply personal search for a place to call "home." Photographs throughout of Minik give a glimpse into t ..." |
 | | Some Aspects of the Grammar of the Eskimo Dialects of Cumberland Peninsula and North Baffin Island (Canadian Museum of Civilization: Ethnology Division Paper) by Kenn Harper 91 Pages, Published 1974 by Canadian Museum Of Civilization ISBN-13: 978-0-660-02441-7, ISBN: 0-660-02441-1 |
 | | Christmas in the Big Igloo(1st Edition) True Stories from the Canadian Arctic by Kenn Harper Hardcover, 55 Pages, Published 1996 by Outcrop Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-919315-07-5, ISBN: 0-919315-07-0 "Witty and sometimes harrowing, these stories of holidays spent in the Arctic range from the early nineteenth century to the present. Explorers, traders, whalers and the Inuit describe the festive season in this chilly, unforgiving land." |
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