[Rarebooks] FS: Padlei Diary, 1950. An Account of the Padleimiut Eskimo

[Kaaterskill Books]

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Harrington, Richard. Carpenter, Edmund, ed. PADLEI DIARY, 1950. AN 
ACCOUNT OF THE PADLEIMIUT ESKIMO IN THE KEEWATIN DISTRICT WEST OF THE 
HUDSON BAY DURING THE EARLY MONTHS OF 1950 AS WITNESSED, WRITTEN & 
PHOTOGRAPHED BY RICHARD HARRINGTON. n.p. Rock Foundation, 2000. 109 
pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 4to. Blind stamped titles on gray cloth 
(hardback).  First edition. Llimited edition of 1000 copies.

Richard Harrington (1911-2005) was a Canadian photojournalist who 
undertook five epic dogsled trips through the Canadian Arctic between 
1948 and 1952, documenting both a vanishing way of life as well as 
creating haunting portraits of a people on the brink of starvation. 
The diary notation for Feb 11. reads: "The people didn't get many 
caribou around here... By now, that's frightening. Dogs are dying 
everywhere. Remaining dogs: skin & bones, shivering; listless ... 
(The people) cannot move around anymore." First published in the 
magazine of Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 1952, these 
photographs alerted Canadians to the horror unfolding in Keewatin. 
Edward Steichen used  one of the photos -of Keenaq and her son 
Keepseeyuk- in his Family of Man exhibit in 1955. Carpenter has 
excerpted about 3000 words from the 25000 word diary, Padlei Trip, 
January-April 1950, which still remains unpublished. Scarce. A fine 
copy in a fine silver dust jacket but for a hint of scuffing on the 
rear panel. Without the slipcase.   [28276]  $350.00



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