Short Sketches from Oldest America
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Legends and practical crafts share the pages of John B. Driggs's account of life at Tigara, the village at Point Hope in northwestern Alaska. Writing after years there as a medical man and teacher at an Episcopal mission, he presents short stories intended to record local traditions. Chapters cover human origins, explanations of aging, day and night, music and writing, alongside observations of everyday life.
The descriptions of tools and clothing give the collection a concrete focus. Driggs records lamps hollowed from stone, needles made of ivory or bone, and skins sewn with deer or whale sinew. He also describes imported copper kettles being broken up and shaped into knives.
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Book facts
- Author
- John B. Driggs
- Reading time
- About 80 minutes
- Pages
- 56
- Language
- English
- Genre
- History
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online