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Through darkening spectacles : memoirs of Diamond Jenness / Diamond Jenness and Stuart E. Jenness.

Author/creator Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969
Other author/creatorJenness, Stuart E. (Stuart Edward), 1925-
Other author/creatorCanadian Museum of Civilization.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoGatineau, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, ©2008.
Descriptionxxvi, 407 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Portion of title Memoirs of Diamond Jenness
Series Mercury series. History paper ; 55
Mercury series. History paper ; 55. ^A669344
Contents 1908 : the launching of an innocent / D. Jenness -- 1912 : the ascent of Mount Madawana, Papua-New Guinea / D. Jenness -- 1913-16 : the Canadian Arctic Expedition / S.E. Jenness -- 1915-24 : the trials of a polygamist / D. Jenness -- 1916-22 : the First World War and it aftermath / S.E. Jenness -- 1923-24 : on a British Columbia frontier / D. Jenness -- 1924 : trekking the Yukon telegraph line / D. Jenness -- 1925-26 : a friendship lost / S.E. Jenness -- 1926 : seaching for early Americans / D. Jenness -- 1926-39 : administrative tedium / S.E. Jenness -- 1934 : anthropology rescues an immigrant / D. Jenness --- 1936 : an Indian medicine man / D. Jenness -- 1926-39 : field work, books, consulting, and conferences / S.E. Jenness -- 1938 : Europe in the shadow of impending war / D. Jenness -- 1939-48 : the Second World War and early retirement / S.E. Jenness -- 1948-65 : post-retirement wanderings / S.E. Jenness -- 1949-50 : wandering through Italy / D. Jenness -- 1955-56 : a winter in troubled Cyprus / D. Jenness --1959-60 : a French pilgrimage and early church architecture / S.E. Jenness -- 1961-62 : adrift in Spain / D. Jenness -- 1964 : in Greenland / D. Jenness -- Recollections of "A splendid little Chap" / S.E. Jenness.
General note"This book contains an unpublished manuscript of recollections by Diamond Jenness with additional chapters written by Stuart E. Jenness"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography note"The publications of Diamond Jenness": p. 367-374.
Bibliography note"Publications about Diamond Jenness": p. 375-377.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 379-385) and index.
LanguageAbstract also in French.
LCCN 2009502860
ISBN9780660198026 (pbk.)
ISBN0660198029 (pbk.)
Govt Canada class# NM23-4/55E

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