Minik: The New York Eskimo

The gripping true story of an Inuit boy's struggle for dignity and belonging in turn-of-the-century New York City during the age of Arctic exploration “Impeccably researched and gracefully written, this is an essential book."–Andrea Barrett, National Book Award-winning author of Ship Fever Sailing aboard a ship called Hope in 1897, celebrated Arctic explorer Robert Peary entered New York Harbor with peculiar "cargo": Six Polar Inuit intended to serve as live "specimens" at the American Museum of