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Salamina
Kent, Rockwell. Illus: Rockwell, Kent
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Description for Salamina
paperback. First published in 1935, "Salamina" details artist and adventurer Rockwell Kent's second trip to Greenland. It unfolds as a series of vignettes, each illustrated with Kent's bold drawings. He acquaints us with the land and its people with accounts of fishing trips, festivities and friendships. Illustrator(s): Rockwell, Kent. Num Pages: 378 pages, 89 illus. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; AFF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
First published in 1935, Salamina details artist and adventurer Rockwell Kent's second trip to Greenland. Salamina unfolds as a series of vivid vignettes, each illustrated with Kent's bold black and white drawings. Through his accounts of fishing trips and Christmas festivities, shared meals and budding friendships, Kent acquaints us with the Eskimo and Danish inhabitants of the small vibrant community of Igdlorssuit. Both the native people and the forbidding Arctic landscape held a special beauty for Kent, and he describes them with an artist's eye. Salamina is Kent's Eskimo housekeeper (kifak), who becomes a central figure in the book when ... Read more
First published in 1935, Salamina details artist and adventurer Rockwell Kent's second trip to Greenland. Salamina unfolds as a series of vivid vignettes, each illustrated with Kent's bold black and white drawings. Through his accounts of fishing trips and Christmas festivities, shared meals and budding friendships, Kent acquaints us with the Eskimo and Danish inhabitants of the small vibrant community of Igdlorssuit. Both the native people and the forbidding Arctic landscape held a special beauty for Kent, and he describes them with an artist's eye. Salamina is Kent's Eskimo housekeeper (kifak), who becomes a central figure in the book when ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780819566775
SKU
V9780819566775
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
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