Round winter houses built of snow, summer houses that were reindeer skin tents, stoves and lamps with seal blubber for fuel, dog sleds instead of automobiles, raw fish and whale blubber for food, clothes made of bird and animal skins, harpoons for guns, knives and needles made of ivory, bow-drills instead of matches—all of these were everyday things to Papik and Milak. They belonged to those northern, brown-skinned, laughing people, the Eskimos.
In a country where winters are long, snowy, and always dark, and summers are a sudden burst of warmth, flowers, and birds—and sunshine night and day—life is sure to be different.
Meet the Eskimos and read about those fascinating differences. How the Eskimos built their houses, fished with big nets under the ice, caught seals, whales and polar bears, sewed their clothes, celebrated with games and dances—how they lived yesterday and how they live today—The First Book of Eskimos tells all about the day-by-day happenings and the special occasions.
The land of igloos, umiaks and kayaks comes alive in a simply written book made vivid by Ursula Koering's colorful and accurate illustrations.
—from the book
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