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The Long Exile

Books | Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies

Melanie McGrath
In 1952, the Canadian government forcibly relocated three dozen Inuit from their flourishing home on the Hudson Bay to the barren, arctic landscape of Ellesmere Island, the most northerly landmass on the planet. Among this group was Josephie Flaherty, the unrecognized, half-Inuit son of filmmaker Robert Flaherty, director of Nanook of the North. In a narrative rich with human drama, Melanie McGrath follows three generations of the Flaherty family—Robert, Josephie, and Josephie's daughters—to bring this extraordinary tale of deception and harsh deprivation to life.
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Author
Melanie McGrath
Pages
288
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2009-03-12
ISBN
0307537862 9780307537867

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