Travelling Passion: The Hidden Life of Vilhjalmur Stefansson
by Palsson, Gisli

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In 1987 an accidental discovery in a flea market of hundreds of private letters and documents proved to be those belonging to Stefansson, and they told a story of private relationships, in particular with two southern women, Orpha Cecil Smith, to whom Stefansson was engaged, and the novelist Fannie Hurst, with whom Stefansson was involved for many years. Moreover, letters between some of Stefansson's friends as well as is own field diaries alluded to an important relationship Stefansson had with an Inupiat woman in the Arctic, Pannigabluk, and to their son, Alex.

Gisli Palsson has followed the trail of these sources and conducted many interviews with Stefansson's northern descendants, uncovering a complex and perhaps torn personality. In Travelling Passions, we have a much more complete picture of the man who figured so largely in the imagination of the early twentieth century. Palsson's thoughtful and informed work also addresses the issues of colonialist assumptions and anthropological relationships of the time.

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Weight:	0.70 kg
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ISBN-10:	0887551793
ISBN-13/EAN:	9780887551796
Author:	Palsson, Gisli
Publisher:	Univeristy of Manitoba Press Winnipeg, Manitoba
Publication Date:	1/2005
Pages:	374 pp
Size/Dimensions:	9.25 x 6.25 x 1.25 inches
Binding:	Hardcover