The Walrus Hunters, by R.M. Ballantyne

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Title: The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice

Author: R.M. Ballantyne

Release Date: June 6, 2007 [EBook #21709]

Language: English

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"The Walrus Hunters", by R.M. Ballantyne (1825-1894), 1893.

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This book is full of action. It deals with both a tribe of Red Indians, of the Dogrib nation, and a tribe of Eskimos. Normally a certain animosity existed between these two, but this tale relates how under certain circumstances, members of these tribes could not only become close friends, and work together towards a common goal, but also intermarry.

There is no doubt but that the reader will have a greater knowledge of the ways and thoughts of the Indian and the Eskimo, and kindly feelings towards both, after reading this book--an easy task, for it is a good and absorbing read.

In this little preface we have deliberately used the old-fashioned terms for the two races, fully aware that they are both inexact, and that today we would, for instance, use the term Inuit instead of Eskimo. However, this book was written in 1893, a

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