Eskimos and Explorers (Second Edition)

'This is a most readable and enjoyable book. By presenting the culture of the Eskimos through the eyes of the Europeans who first encountered them, the author manages to combine a riveting historical narrative of a millennium of maritime exploration with a comprehensive ethnographic description of the inhabitants of the American arctic littoral from East Greenland to the Bering Straits, as they existed at the time of contact' - "Man". 'An invaluable contribution ...In this sweeping study, Oswalt essentially 'rediscovers' every distinct Eskimo cultural grouping throughout Greenland, Canada, and Alaska' - "San Francisco Review of Books". 'This is a remarkable book about a remarkable people. It describes in vivid detail the exploration of Arctic America and Greenland over a period of nearly eight centuries. It is a fascinating story rich with extraordinary episodes of great endurance and extreme hardships' - "American Anthropologist".This second edition of "Eskimos and Explorers" has been fully updated and features the most recent information on the cultures and histories of Native peoples in Alaska, northern Canada, and Greenland. Wendell H.Oswalt is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include "This Land Was Theirs: A Study of the North American Indian".