Harriman Expedition to Alaska: Encountering the Tlingit and Eskimo in 1899

by George Bird Grinnell and George Bird Grinnell

In 1899, George Bird Grinnell journeyed to Alaska on the Harriman Expedition, a scientific cruise from Seattle to the North Pacific. Accompanied by explorer John Muir and photographer Edward S. Curtis, Grinnell spent two months chronicling the lives of the Natives of Alaska and Siberia. A keen observer of his surroundings, Grinnell provides a unique perspective on northern life in the late nineteenth century. He documented hunting techniques and material...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889963984
• ISBN13: 9781889963983
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: University of Alaska Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.8"