Strangers among us:
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1. Verfasser: Woodman, David C. 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Montreal, Que. McGill-Queen's University Press c1995
Schriftenreihe:McGill-Queen's native and northern series 10
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Kia and Rae -- 2. The Etkerlin -- 3. Homeward Bound -- Appendix: Inuit Terms and Place Names
In 1868 American explorer Charles Francis Hall interviewed several Inuit hunters who spoke of strangers travelling through their land. Hall immediately assumed that the hunters were talking about survivors of the Franklin expedition and set off for the Melville Peninsula, the location of many of the sightings, to collect further evidence to support his theory. Hall's theory was roundly dismissed by historians of his day, who concluded that the Inuit had been referring to other white explorers, despite significant discrepancies between the Inuit evidence and the records of other expeditions. In Strangers Among Us Woodman re-examines the Inuit accounts in light of modern scholarship and concludes that Hall's initial conclusions are supported by Inuit remembrances, remembrances that do not correlate with the travels of other expeditions but are consistent with those of Franklin's
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 166 p.)
ISBN:0773513485
0773565639
9780773513488
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