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BLOODY FALLS OF THE COPPERMINE; COLLISON OF CULTURES IN THE ARCTIC, 1913
by Jenkins, McKay
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375507213
- ISBN 13
- 9780375507212
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Very Fine. Photos. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over purple boards, illustrated with 16 pages of glossy B&W photographs, archival mylar-protected photograph (unclipped) of Copper Eskimos, 278 pages + [2] About the Author + [2] About the Type. McKay Jenkins has been writing about people and the environment for years. He the author of ContamiNation (Avery, 2016, aka What's Gotten Into Us), which deals with synthetic chemicals. BLOODY FALLS OF THE COPPERMINE examines a violent culture clash and murder mystery involving murdered Christian missionaries and outlying Copper Eskimos. Upper right corner is bumped, otherwise book and jacket are As New.
Synopsis
MCKAY JENKINS holds degrees from Amherst, Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and Princeton, where he received a Ph.D. in English. He is also the author of The Last Ridge and The White Death , and the editor of The Peter Matthiessen Reader . The Tilghman Professor of English and Journalism at the University of Delaware, Jenkins lives with his wife and two children in Baltimore. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4571
- Title
- BLOODY FALLS OF THE COPPERMINE; COLLISON OF CULTURES IN THE ARCTIC, 1913
- Author
- Jenkins, McKay
- Illustrator
- Photos
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375507213
- ISBN 13
- 9780375507212
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Canada, Arctic, murder, law, trials, missionaries, cannibalism, Eskimos, Copper,
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Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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