PortadaGruposCharlasMásPanorama actual
Buscar en el sitio
Este sitio utiliza cookies para ofrecer nuestros servicios, mejorar el rendimiento, análisis y (si no estás registrado) publicidad. Al usar LibraryThing reconoces que has leído y comprendido nuestros términos de servicio y política de privacidad. El uso del sitio y de los servicios está sujeto a estas políticas y términos.

Resultados de Google Books

Pulse en una miniatura para ir a Google Books.

Cargando...

Bloody Falls of the Coppermine: Madness, Murder, and the Collision of Cultures in the Arctic, 1913 (2005)

por Mckay Jenkins

MiembrosReseñasPopularidadValoración promediaConversaciones
753358,160 (3.83)Ninguno
"In the winter of 1913, high in the Canadian Arctic, two Catholic priests set out on a dangerous mission to do what no white men had ever attempted: reach a group of utterly isolated Eskimos and convert them. Farther and farther north the priests trudged, through a frigid and bleak country known as the Barren Lands, until they reached the place where the Coppermine River dumps into the Arctic Ocean. Their fate, as well as the fate of the people they hoped to teach about God, was about to take a tragic turn. Three days after reaching their destination, the two priests were murdered, their livers removed and eaten. Suddenly, after having survived some five thousand years virtually unseen by people outside their remote and forbidding land, the last hunter-gatherers in North America were about to feel the full force of Western justice." "As events unfolded, one of the Arctic's most tragic stories became one of North America's strangest and most memorable police investigations and trials. Given the extreme remoteness of the murder site, it took nearly two years for word of the crime to reach civilization. When it did, a remarkable Canadian Mountie named Denny LaNauze led a trio of constables from the Royal North West Mounted Police on a three-thousand-mile journey in search of the bodies and the killers. Simply surviving so long in the Arctic would have given the team a place in history; when they returned to Edmonton with two Eskimos named Sinnisiak and Uluksuk, their work became the stuff of legend." "Newspapers trumpeted the arrival of the Eskimos, touting them as relics of the Stone Age. During the astonishing trial that followed, the Eskimos were acquitted, despite the seating of an all-white jury. So outraged was the judge that he agreed to both a retrial and a change of venue, with himself again presiding. The second time around, predictably, the Eskimos were convicted." "A near-perfect parable of late colonialism, as well as a rich exploration of the differences between European Christianity and Eskimo mysticism, McKay Jenkins's Bloody Falls of the Coppermine possesses the intensity of true crime and the romance of wilderness adventure. Here is a clear-eyed look at what happens when two utterly alien cultures come into violent conflict."--BOOK JACKET.… (más)
Ninguno
Cargando...

Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará.

Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.

Mostrando 3 de 3
Finished yesterday. Overall a good read. I felt very bad for the Eskimo's. Why do those religion people think they have to go there, interfere in their lives? It was even a battle between religions who would get to them first? They brought sickness and nearly decimated the Eskimo people. It pissed me off sometimes. And what about that judge. Is that justice? wow! A judge cannot be so for or against a conviction nowadays, at least he can but cannot show this which is a good thing.
All in all an interesting and quick read. 3.5 stars. ( )
  Marlene-NL | Apr 12, 2013 |
A very interesting account of a little known event in history, the murder of two priests in the Arctic, the search for the killers, and the subsequent trial. Jenkin's provides great research and insight into this crime, to the clash of cultures, the tough conditions of the Arctic, and the difficulty in dealing with this issues. For readers who like survival stories this is a really well written account. ( )
  bnbookgirl | Apr 1, 2010 |
In 1913, two Catholic priests headed to Northern Canada to convert the native Eskimos to Christianity. They were ill-equipped and did not speak the language. Both priests ended up being murdered and their livers were partially eaten to ward off evil spirits. The two suspects admitted to the crime and were taken to a Canadian court to be tried. The first trial was declared a mistrial, but the second ended up with a guilty verdict. This book was a classic in a clash of cultures. The priests had tried to explain the life of Jesus lived in the desert, when the Eskimos had no idea what they were talking about. The same went for trees, warm seas, etc. It was a good book and an easy read. I have read Jenkins' other books and this is as good as his others. ( )
  dickcraig | Feb 21, 2010 |
Mostrando 3 de 3
sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Debes iniciar sesión para editar los datos de Conocimiento Común.
Para más ayuda, consulta la página de ayuda de Conocimiento Común.
Título canónico
Título original
Títulos alternativos
Fecha de publicación original
Personas/Personajes
Lugares importantes
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés. Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Acontecimientos importantes
Películas relacionadas
Epígrafe
Dedicatoria
Primeras palabras
Citas
Últimas palabras
Aviso de desambiguación
Editores de la editorial
Blurbistas
Idioma original
DDC/MDS Canónico
LCC canónico

Referencias a esta obra en fuentes externas.

Wikipedia en inglés

Ninguno

"In the winter of 1913, high in the Canadian Arctic, two Catholic priests set out on a dangerous mission to do what no white men had ever attempted: reach a group of utterly isolated Eskimos and convert them. Farther and farther north the priests trudged, through a frigid and bleak country known as the Barren Lands, until they reached the place where the Coppermine River dumps into the Arctic Ocean. Their fate, as well as the fate of the people they hoped to teach about God, was about to take a tragic turn. Three days after reaching their destination, the two priests were murdered, their livers removed and eaten. Suddenly, after having survived some five thousand years virtually unseen by people outside their remote and forbidding land, the last hunter-gatherers in North America were about to feel the full force of Western justice." "As events unfolded, one of the Arctic's most tragic stories became one of North America's strangest and most memorable police investigations and trials. Given the extreme remoteness of the murder site, it took nearly two years for word of the crime to reach civilization. When it did, a remarkable Canadian Mountie named Denny LaNauze led a trio of constables from the Royal North West Mounted Police on a three-thousand-mile journey in search of the bodies and the killers. Simply surviving so long in the Arctic would have given the team a place in history; when they returned to Edmonton with two Eskimos named Sinnisiak and Uluksuk, their work became the stuff of legend." "Newspapers trumpeted the arrival of the Eskimos, touting them as relics of the Stone Age. During the astonishing trial that followed, the Eskimos were acquitted, despite the seating of an all-white jury. So outraged was the judge that he agreed to both a retrial and a change of venue, with himself again presiding. The second time around, predictably, the Eskimos were convicted." "A near-perfect parable of late colonialism, as well as a rich exploration of the differences between European Christianity and Eskimo mysticism, McKay Jenkins's Bloody Falls of the Coppermine possesses the intensity of true crime and the romance of wilderness adventure. Here is a clear-eyed look at what happens when two utterly alien cultures come into violent conflict."--BOOK JACKET.

No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca.

Descripción del libro
Resumen Haiku

Debates activos

Ninguno

Cubiertas populares

Enlaces rápidos

Valoración

Promedio: (3.83)
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3 4
3.5 3
4 8
4.5 1
5 2

¿Eres tú?

Conviértete en un Autor de LibraryThing.

 

Acerca de | Contactar | LibraryThing.com | Privacidad/Condiciones | Ayuda/Preguntas frecuentes | Blog | Tienda | APIs | TinyCat | Bibliotecas heredadas | Primeros reseñadores | Conocimiento común | 206,087,567 libros! | Barra superior: Siempre visible