Walker and Co., New York, 1972. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good, minor age related yellowing to page edges . Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + . First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7พ" - 9พ" tall. First printing. First published in Canada in 1971. Beige cloth binding with gold spine titling; maps on endpapers. 285 pages. Color photographs. ~Book is clean, tight, shows little wear, interior paging unmarked. Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches Duncan Pryde, an orphan from Scotland was bored with his life as a factory worker and wanted to set out on an adventure. He saw an ad in the "Help Wanted" section that had been placed by the Hudson's Bay Company for a fur trader in Canada. This is the story of a young man who went to work in the Arctic and embraced the native way of life. He gained insights into the Eskimo culture that are rarely revealed to outsiders. His account of life amongst the Eskimos is at once fascinating and entertaining. His matter-of-fact and at times amusing tone belies the enormity of the adventure he was living. D uncan Pryde was a unique individual whose personal experiences in the far North are a delight to read. His full and non-condescending appreciation of a culture now rapidly vanishing make this book an absolute treasure. Through these pages book the reader is transported to another world. Pryde spent his later years compiling a dictionary of the 26 dialects of the Inuit language, but he died before it was completed.
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