Author: Serge Bouchard
Publisher: PERSEUS / RUNNING PRESS, Jun 2006
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 1-55365-157-X
Synopsis
The spellbinding story of an Innu hunter's life on the taiga. Part anthropology & part history, this book describes a disappearing North American culture in poetic detail. Translated by Joan Irving. B&W photos, map; 5.5x8.5 inches, 192 pgs.
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In this moving memoir told to anthropologist Serge Bouchard, Innu hunter Mathieu Mestokosho reveals a world that existed between 1890 and 1960, a culture of native trapper-hunters in a vast, hostile environment. He recalls his childhood, describes the long, difficult journeys he undertook as he and other hunters traveled the taiga in search of caribou, and explains how they were able to conserve their physical strength and keep moving "to the rhythm of the heart and drum."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Serge Bouchard is an anthropologist who is well known for his radio programs on public radio in Canada. He & Joan Irving live in Montreal.
