{"product_id":"the-land-of-feast-and-famine-paperback","title":"The Land of Feast and Famine - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelge Ingstad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1920s, Helge Ingstad spent four years as a hunter and trapper in the Canadian Arctic. When he first arrived in the North, people in the river communities would bet on the arrival of the river boats - when he stopped at Fort Resolution on his way out, the bets were about planes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Land of Feast and Famine\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1931 and re-released by McGill-Queen's after more than forty years out-of-print, is a vivid depiction of Ingstad's adventures. He describes the native companions and fellow trappers with whom he shared both harsh and heart-warming experiences, and relates how he learned first-hand about beaver, caribou, wolf, and other wildlife. He also provides a remarkable body of information about Native medicine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe arrival of the aviation age opened of the North, irrevocably changing the way of life of the Native people. \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Feast and Famine\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fascinating glimpse of the Northwest Territories in the final days of the fur trading era.\"\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 366\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48164242325725,"sku":"9780773509122","price":80.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/A6sxtbSGkd9780773509122.webp?v=1783915610","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-land-of-feast-and-famine-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}