The Whales, They Give Themselves: Conversations with Harry Brower, Sr. (Oral Biography Series)
by Karen Brewster
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The Whales, They Give Themselves is an intimate life history of Harry Brower Sr. (1924-1992), an Inupiaq whaling captain, artisan, and community leader from Barrow, Alaska. In a life that spanned the profound cultural and economic changes of the twentieth century, Brower's knowledge of the natural world made him an essential contributor to the Native and scientific communities of the North. Oral historian Karen Brewster builds upon Harry's stories with photos and cultural and historical show more background into this innovative and collaborative oral biography. show lessTags
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Karen Brewster is a research associate with the Oral History Program at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is the author of The Whales, They Give Themselves: Conversations with Harry Brower, Sr.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Sports and Leisure, Hunting and Fishing, Anthropology, Biography & Memoir, Sociology
- DDC/MDS
- 979.8004 — History & geography History of North America Great Basin and Pacific Slope region of United States Alaska
- LCC
- E99 .E7 .B763 — History of the United States America Indians of North America Indian tribes and cultures
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