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An African in Greenland - KPOMASSIE, TETE-MICHEL, KIRKUP, JAMES, ALVAREZ, A. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich IncAn African in Greenland by Tele-Michel Kpomassie, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers (1983), English Translation Edition, Translated from original French by James Kirkup, Preface by Jean Malaurie, ISBN 0151055890, 298 pages, about 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 x 1-1/8 inches...Tété-Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenland & knew that he must go there. Working his way north over nearly a decade, Kpomassie finally arrived in the country of his dreams. This brilliantly observed & superbly entertaining record of his adventures among the Inuit is a testament both to the wonderful strangeness of the human species and to the surprising sympathies that bind us all... Hardcover book in Good condition, some slight wear to corners, pages have small amount of dust stains on edges, otherwise clean, crisp, unmarked except to ink stamp on upper page edges, dust… Read More