Possible ex library copy, with all the markingsstickers of that library. Four miles from saigon, cholon is the chinese pleasure city, the night city with taxi girls and gambling dens and neon signs in chinese characters. This extraordinary classic has been variously acclaimed as one of the great books of adventure, travel, anthropology, and spiritual awakening. He went back to france in time to witness frances fall. For this is a portrait in miniature of a life that is soon to vanish. But, you may not compulsion to involve or bring the sticker album print wherever you go. In the heart of peacetime vietnam grover gardner is an awardwinning narrator with. After traveling the world, he returned to wartime france in 1940 and died in 1962. A good volume for public and academic sociology collections. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Page between frontispiece and title page broken at spine. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some very light creasing on the spine plus there is some very light yellowing of the outside paper edges. This book is the 1068th greatest nonfiction book of all time as determined by.
Apr 28, 2010 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. All books are packed with care and shipped in a secure cardboard box or mailer. Books by language journal of materials engineering. It recounts poncins solo unsupported journey in the canadian arctic near king william island, canada, where he lived with the inuit in those days, still generally called. Kabloona navy general library program downloadable books.
Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. He had no training in arctic conditions and, perhaps fortunately, took some time getting to the remote inuit populations. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included. In 1938 and 1939, a french nobleman spent fifteen months living among the inuit people of the arctic. Ostensibly a study of eskimo life, it is actually a study of the stone age mind. Where that book develops a personal philosophy, kabloona interprets a racial philosophy, that of the eskimo. Lewis galantiere popular account of authors life among the netsilik eskimos of king william island, 193839, with his impressions, nonscientific and occasionally inaccurate of their culture and customs. Written in 1955, this diary and sketchbook vividly portrays vietnamese and chinese traditions. It was first published in the united states in 1941 as a selection of the bookofthemonth club via timelife books, in england in 1942, and in french as a translation of the english version in 1947. He is the author of kabloona, the ghost voyage out of eskimo land, and from a chinese city. Four miles from saigon, cholon is the chinese pleasure city, the night city with taxi girls and gambling dens and.
This book is extraordinary because it was written at a time when some inuit were still relatively untouched by western civilization. He is initially appalled at their uncivilized lifestyle but eventually morphs from a kabloona a white man to an eskimo. Kabloona is a true story of a journey into the north. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Indeed, most europeans would be overwhelmed merely by the smells poncins encountered in the igloos. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. A fascinating book, with something of the quality of wind.
It was first published in the united states in 1941. This extraordinary classic has been variously acclaimed. There is nothing in or out of print quite like it, and it is. This is one of the most enthralling travel books i have read. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. This extraordinary classic has been variously acclaimed as one of the great books of adventure.
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