Rockwell Kent

A literary anthology explores the natural wonders of the frozen landscapes of the Arctic in a compilation of first-person narratives, cultural histories, science and nature writing, and fiction.

Account of year's stay at Igdlorssuit, Umanak District, west Greenland, 1931-32.

I have a 1924 original 1924 hardbound copy in pretty good condition. Inscribed for "Dick from father, Christmas 1936".

A tribute to American immigrants, and a special acknowledgment to the Rahr family from Germany who migrated to the Wisconsin Territory, erected a brewery and malthouse. Includes The house that Rahr built : a century of progress which is a chronology of the Rahr Malting Company.

Georgia

"When artist, illustrator, writer, and adventurer Rockwell Kent first published N by E in a limited edition in 1930, it quickly became a collectors' item. Little wonder, for readers are immediately drawn to Kent's vivid descriptions of his voyage on a 33-foot cutter from New York Harbor to the rugged shores of Greenland. When the ship sinks in a storm-swept fjord within 50 miles of its destination, the story turns to the stranding and subsequent rescue of the three-man crew, salvage of the vessel, and life among native Greenlanders. Magnificently illustrated by Kent's wood-block prints and narrated in his poetic and highly entertaining style, this tale of the perils of killer nor'easters, treacherous icebergs, and impenetrable fog - and the joys of sperm whales breaching or dawn unmasking a longed-for landfall - is a rare treat for old salts and landlubbers alike."--BOOK JACKET.