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Wolves of the North is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by Norman Dawn and starring Herbert Heyes, Percy Challenger and Eva Novak.
Wolves of the North: Directed by Norman Dawn. With Herbert Heyes, Percy Challenger, Eva Novak, Starke Patteson. In the Alaskan region of Unalik, Professor Norris studies Eskimo culture. His daughter Aurora is devoted to David Waters, a youth of weak character who has been reared in the family.
- Norman Dawn
- 1921-04-16
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In 1971, Jean Craighead George and her son Luke went on a trip to Barrow, Alaska, to do research on wolves for an article for Reader's Digest. As they flew into the Barrow airport, she and her son spotted a young Inuk girl on the tundra, whom her son said "looked awfully little to be out there by herself". At the Barrow Arctic Research Lab, George ...
Julie/Miyax (My-yax) is an Inuk girl torn between modern Alaska and the old Inuit tradition. After her mother's death, she is raised by her father Kapugen (Kah-Pue-Jen). In his care, Miyax becomes an intelligent and observant girl at one with the Arctic tundra. Miyax goes to live with her great aunt Martha, a distant and cold woman, after her fathe...
The book was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1973, and was a nominee under the Children's Books category in the 1973 National Book Awards. Mary Ellen Halvorson describes the book as "uniquely sensitive" and "wonderfully educational" in a review for The Prescott Courier. The book also won the 1975 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis.In a retrospective essay...
1972, USA, Harper and Row, ISBN 0-06-021943-2, Pub date 1972, Hardcover1974, USA, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-440058-1, Pub date February 10, 1974, Paperback1985, USA, HarperTrophy ISBN 0-06-021943-2, Pub date 1985, Paperback1977, Canada, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 0-88-902374-3, Pub date 1977, PaperbackJulie of the Wolves has been adapted into a musical play, directed by Peter Dalto and written by Barbara Dana, with music by Chris Kubie and choreography by Fay Simpson. The musical stars Briana Sakamoto as Julie, and a workshop production was held on May 16, 2004, at The Northern Westchester Center for the Arts' Kaufman Theater. As of November 200...
- Jean Craighead George
- 1972
Overview. Aurora, daughter of Professor Norris, a student of Eskimo culture in the region of Unalik on the southeast coast of Alaska, is devoted to David, a youth of weak character who has been reared in the family, and she is aloof to other men. "Wiki" Jack, primitive and passionate, sets out to win her despite her unconcealed disdain for him.
"Wiki" Jack, primitive and passionate, sets out to win her despite her unconcealed disdain for him. After David's death in an avalanche, Aurora begins to admire Wiki's steadfast courage and submits to his overpowering love.
Aurora daughter of Professor Norris a student of Eskimo culture in the region of Unalik on the southeast coast of Alaska is devoted to David a youth of weak character who has been reared in the...
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