Freuchen, Peter  1886-1957 <br/><br/>
Peter Freuchen's Book of the Eskimos / 
by Peter Freuchen. 
 - Cleveland ;  New York :  World Publishing Co.  1961. 
 - 441 p. :  ill., plates ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> With hard-and supercover  Map on endpapers 
<br/><br/>Cont.: pt. 1 Eskimo life and ways: Eskimo environment and origins -- The Eskimo way of life -- Trading with the Eskimos -- Love and marriage -- Eating and visiting -- Polar Justice: Crime and punishment among the Eskimos -- Eskimos as servants -- The Eskimo mind -- pt. 2 Adventures with the Eskimos: Lootevek: Cassanova of the ice floes -- Arctic nightmare -- An Eskimo takes a bride -- Dead man's cache -- The partner -- The day I harpponed myself -- Marriage, the harbor of safety -- Hunger -- The polar bear -- pt. 3 The Eskimos: Past and present. 
<br/><br/> Introduction to the life and customs of the Eskimo based on the experiences of the Danish explorer in Greenland, Northern Canada, and Alaska. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Eskimos<br/>Inuits
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arctic regions