In Those Days: Inuit and Explorers: (5 In Those Days: Collected Writings on Arctic History)

In the fifth volume of the In Those Days: Collected Writings on Arctic History series, Kenn Harper shares tales of European explorers who came to the Arctic seeking adventure, riches, and the elusive Northwest Passage, and Inuit they encountered there. Inuit were invaluable in adding to Western knowledge of the Arctic, serving as guides, clothing-makers, and interpreters. But not every meeting was friendly. This collection sheds light on Inuit who played a pivotal role in the expeditions of some of the most famous Arctic explorers, including the unfortunate John Franklin. This volume also includes dozens of rare, historical photographs.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Introduction A Note on Word Choice Preface Collected Writings Abduction: The “Countrie People” of Baffin Island Meet Martin Frobisher “They Spake, But We Understood Them Not”: Christopher Hall’s Inuktitut Word List “Take Heed of the Savage People”: Hudson’s Mutineers Meet the Inuit Slaughter at Bloody Fall The Return of The Dog-Children: Parry and Lyon at Iglulik Parry’s Medallions “A Greater Instance of Courage has not been Recorded”: Tatannuaq, the Peacemaker First Encounter: The Nattilingmiut Meet John Ross A Wooden Leg for Tulluahiu “The Deep Footprints of Tired Men”: John Franklin’s Lost Expedition “A Nice Steady Lad and a Favourite with his Tribe”: Albert One-Eye Charles Dickens, John Rae, and the “Good Interpreter, William Ouligbuck” Inuit Evidence in a British Court A Fortuitous Meeting: Tookoolito and Ipiirvik, and Charles Francis Hall Inuit Adrift: 1,500 Miles on an Ice Floe An Inuit Plan to Find the North Pole Robert Peary, the Inughuit, and the Iron Mountain Minik, the New York Eskimo: A Victim of Peary’s Neglect I Will Find a Way or Fake One: Robert Peary Claims the North Pole Ittukusuk, Aapilak , and Daagtikoorsuaq: Travels with Dr. Cook “The Trail That Is Always New”: Matthew Henson and his Inuit Family Inughuit and the Myth of Crocker Land Getting Away with Murder Sovereignty 101: Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier and the Inuit  “We’re Going to Keep On Living”: Ruth Makpii Ipalook on Stefansson’s Karluk Expedition  “I Thank God for Living”: Ada Blackjack and Stefansson’s Wrangel Island Fiasco Joe Panipakuttuk on the St. Roch: Through the Northwest Passage

About the Author :
Kenn Harper is a historian, writer, and linguist, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and a former member of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. He is the author of the In Those Days series, Minik: The New York Eskimo, and Thou Shalt Do No Murder: Inuit, Injustice, and the Canadian Arctic. “Taissumani,” his column on Arctic history, appears in Nunatsiaq News.

Review :
"[A] masterful collection that I recommend not just to Arctic enthusiasts, but also to readers with only a passing interest in the Arctic, for it might turn that passing interest into a passion."— Arctic Book Review