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THE STORY OF COMOCK THE ESKIMO as told to Robert Flaherty

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Comock
Flaherty, Robert
Edmund Carpenter, ed.
1968

Useful
Book
Canadian Inuit
Referenced by: Alaska Yukon Library

Grade Level(s): 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Theme(s): Cultural Expression, Subsistence, Outdoor Survival, Tribe/Community

In 1902 Comock led his starving family across the sea ice to an island rumored to be rich in game. This is the ten year survival story told by Comock to filmaker, Robert Flaherty. Many years later the filmaker wrote it down and collaborated with another filmaker, Edmund Carpenter creating a visually stunning book of Eskimo sketches and stirring story.

Robert Flaherty was the Producer of the film- NANOOK OF THE NORTH.

sbn 671-65034-3

Information about the resource can be found at:
Alaska Yukon Library
Anchorage, AK
Telephone: (907) 474-5897
email: Alaska Yukon Library

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