The Whale People
by Roderick Haig-Brown

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In The Whale People, young Atlin must one day succeed his father Nit-gass, a great whaling chief of the Hotsath people. The boy trains for his role with the mixture of yearning and apprehension experienced by every youth racing toward adulthood - except that in Atlin's case, his whole community is depending on his success.

With lean, sure-footed prose, Haig-Brown captures the tangled emotions of adolescence, and in the process conveys a vivid portrait of pre-Columbian life on the West Coast. Never preachy or condescending, The Whale People is richly furnished with the material and spiritual mainstays of its characters: canoes, harpoons, animals and "tumanos," the personal magic a great whaler and leader must possess.

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Weight:	0.27 kg
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ISBN-10:	1550172778
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781550172775
Author:	Roderick Haig-Brown
Publisher:	Harbour Publishing Madeira Park, BC
Publication Date:	3/2007
Pages:	206 pp
Size/Dimensions:	8 x 5 1/4
Binding:	Paperback