Tanana and Chandalar The Alaska Field Journals of Robert A. Mckennan |
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| Editor:
| Mishler, Craig
Simeone, William E. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-889963-77-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of Alaska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Robert A. McKennan (1903-1982) spent 1929 to 1933 in several remote Native villages where he documented Interior Athabaskan life. His writings are an extraordinary window onto Athabaskan culture before World War II and form a significant part of anthropology's humanistic tradition. Editors Mishler and Simeone have annotated McKennan's journals and provided a wealth of contextual material in two substantive introductory chapters. Readers will appreciate this rare...
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Robert A. McKennan (1903-1982) spent 1929 to 1933 in several remote Native villages where he documented Interior Athabaskan life. His writings are an extraordinary window onto Athabaskan culture before World War II and form a significant part of anthropology's humanistic tradition.
Editors Mishler and Simeone have annotated McKennan's journals and provided a wealth of contextual material in two substantive introductory chapters. Readers will appreciate this rare perspective on a vanishing way of life.