Lobsticks and Stone Cairns
Human Landmarks in the Arctic
Richard C. Davis, editor
ISBN 1895176883
$44.95 hardcover
ISBN 1895176697
$29.95 paper
October 1996
xiv + 326 pages
130 b/w photos, index
10.5 x 8 in.
About the Book
In Lobsticks and
Stone Cairns, over one hundred Arctic stories are told about adventurers,
military officers, authors, guides, cultural heroes, police, traders,
and even the occasional charlatan. While some of the biographies in the
book are of people still active in the North, others tell stories from
as far back as the sixteenth century. The subjects of the sketches are
Inuit, European, American, Indian, and Canadian men and women. The exploits
discussed in this generously illustrated book bring northern history and
geography to life. Each profile is accompanied by a short bibliography.
Lobsticks are trees that are used as markers. Above the tree-line, stone
cairns are used in their place. It is hoped that these biographies of
"human" landmarks will help you find your way around in the
North and bring the Arctic just a little closer to home.
About the Author
Richard C. Davis teaches Canadian literature at the University of Calgary and has a special interest in early explorers and travellers. He has edited Rupert's Land: A Cultural Tapestry and Sir John Franklin's Journals and Correspondence: The First Arctic Land Expedition, 1819-22. Currently, he is working on a book about Franklin's 1825-27 expedition.
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