In 1868 American explorer Charles Francis Hall interviewed several Inuit hunters who spoke of strangers travelling through their land. Hall immediately jumped to the conclusion that the hunters were talking about survivors of the Franklin expedition and set off for the Melville Peninsula, the location of many of the sightings, to collect further stories and evidence to support his supposition. His theory, however, was roundly dismissed by historians of his day, who concluded that the Inuit had been referring to other white explorers, despite significant discrepancies between the Inuit evidence and the records of other expeditions.
In Strangers Among Us Woodman re-examines the Inuit tales in light of modern scholarship and concludes that Hall's initial conclusions are supported by Inuit remembrances, remembrances that do not correlate with other expeditions but are consistent with Franklin's.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 917.19/5041/0922
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- r------
- ISBN
- 9780773565630 0773513485
- LCCN
- G660
- LCCN Item number
- W58 1995eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 166 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00200964 (OCoLC)243586826 (CaOOCEL)400500
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Maps and Illustrations 10
- Author's Note 12
- Preface 14
- Acknowledgments 16
- 1 Kia and Rae 20
- 2 The Etkerlin 66
- 3 Homeward Bound 111
- Conclusion 147
- Appendix: Inuit Terms and Place Names 154
- Notes 158
- Bibliography 174
- Index 180
- A 180
- B 180
- C 180
- D 181
- E 181
- F 181
- G 181
- H 181
- I 181
- J 182
- K 182
- L 182
- M 182
- N 182
- O 182
- P 182
- Q 182
- R 182
- S 183
- T 183
- V 183
- W 183
- Y 183
