Hugh Beach

A Year in Lapland

Guest of the Reindeer Herders

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As a young man American Hugh Beach went to live with the Saami reindeer herders of Swedish Lapland. His lyrically written and very personal story of trying to fit into the herding way of life is a rare insider's account of the Saami. In a passionate and informed Afterword to this new edition of the book, he revisits his old friends and looks at how Sweden is attempting to balance the conflicting needs of reindeer herders and environmentalists in the 21st century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780295998619
• ISBN-10: 029599861X
• Artikelnr.: 43770598

Autorenporträt

Hugh Beach

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Preface to the English Edition
Introduction
1. A Start with Henrik
2. On to Virihaure
3. Calf Marking
4. At Home in Staloluokta
5. Parka Separations
6. Lillselet and the Moose Hunt
7. The Sarv Slaughter
8. Autumn Migration to the Lowlands
9. Winter in Jokkmokk
10. Westward with the Spring
Epilogue
Afterword to the 2001 Edition