Alaska Journal |
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| Author:
| Wyman, Jeffries |
| Transcribed by:
| Wyman, Anne Cabot |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9625780-5-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Publisher: | Protean Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $31.95 |
Book Description:
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Published in conjunction with his daughter's memoir Kipling's Cat, this is the private diary of biochemist/diplomat/painter Jeffries Wyman during his monthlong stay in Arctic Alaska in 1951. It offers vivid descriptions of the rigors and pleasures of traditional Inuit life-hunting, trapping, and fishing; playing games; making ingenious use of scarce resources. With full-color reproductions of Wyman's watercolor landscapes, portraits, and interiors of the igloo he called home.
Published in conjunction with his daughter's memoir Kipling's Cat, this is the private diary of biochemist/diplomat/painter Jeffries Wyman during his monthlong stay in Arctic Alaska in 1951. It offers vivid descriptions of the rigors and pleasures of traditional Inuit life-hunting, trapping, and fishing; playing games; making ingenious use of scarce resources. With full-color reproductions of Wyman's watercolor landscapes, portraits, and interiors of the igloo he called home.