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| ジャンル/形式: | Biographical fiction, American Historical fiction, American Biographical fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| 関連の人物: | Minik Wallace; Robert E Peary |
| 資料の種類: | Fiction, 青少年向け, インターネット資料 |
| ドキュメントの種類: | 図書, インターネットリソース |
| すべての著者/寄与者: |
Peter Lerangis |
| ISBN: | 0439344859 9780439344852 |
| OCLC No.: | 55877797 |
| 形態 | 147 p. ; 21 cm. |
| コンテンツ: | Part 1 Quebec, May 7, 1909 -- Part 2 New York, September 30, 1897 -- Part 3 Quebec, May 7, 1909. |
| 責任者: | Peter Lerangis. |
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概要:
In 1897, Robert Peary took six Eskimos from their homes and "presented" them to the American Museum of Natural History in New York as a living exhibit. Two of them were father and son: Qisuk ("Smiler") and Minik. This is Minik's story. In 1897, famed explorer Robert Peary took six Eskimos from their homes in Greenland to be "presented" to the American Museum of Natural History. Among the six were a father and a son. Soon, four were dead, including the father (whose bones, unbeknownst to the son, were put on display). One returned to Greenland. And the other -- the young boy -- remained, the only Eskimo in New York for twelve years. His name was Minik. This is his story. A story of lies and deceptions. A story about the price of exploration. A story about discovering the truth of a culture.
In 1897, Robert Peary took six Eskimos from their homes and "presented" them to the American Museum of Natural History in New York as a living exhibit. Two of them were father and son: Qisuk ("Smiler") and Minik. This is Minik's story.
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A dark event brought to light
Grades 5-8. A fictionalized account of a dark event in American history, Smiler’s Bones offers up the grief and loneliness of a young Eskimo boy displaced from Greenland by Robert E. Peary for “scientific observations”. Minik, along with six others from his village, were brought in 1896 to the American...
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Grades 5-8. A fictionalized account of a dark event in American history, Smiler’s Bones offers up the grief and loneliness of a young Eskimo boy displaced from Greenland by Robert E. Peary for “scientific observations”. Minik, along with six others from his village, were brought in 1896 to the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where all but Minik quickly succumbed to the diseases of their new environment, leaving Minik alone to adjust to a very foreign landscape and unfamiliar customs. First-time novelist Peter Lerangis chooses words carefully to help convey the simple thoughts of a young boy as he tries to construct a new world with fragmented clues. We gradually learn, as Minik did, the truth that was hidden for years about Peary’s motives and the sickening fate of the Eskimos’ remains. We feel the confusion of not knowing who to trust and the anguish of trying to fit in but never really belonging, perceptions that are all too familiar even to today’s adolescents. Lerangis makes short work of Peary’s now-tarnished image, making clear that the explorer brought the Eskimos to America under false pretenses and abandoned them with ill-advised caretakers. The subject matter may be a bit grisly for unsophisticated readers, but as part of a multi-cultural curriculum, an empathetic teacher could help students put the more sensitive aspects into perspective.
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