The Snow baby : a true story with true pictures

Date:

[©1901]

Author:

Peary, Josephine Diebitsch.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH P362 S6 LOCAL

Publisher:

Frederick A. Stokes

Abstract:

Early years of the author's daughter, Marie Ahnighito, who was born and brought up in the Arctic. Told in story form suitable for grades 3 and up, giving details of the Arctic and Eskimo way of life.

Physical Description:

84 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

Curator Notes:

Frederick A. Stokes (NY), c 1901; two copies: 1) [BACKLOG gift lza] 6th printing ('sixth edition'), no lettering on spine, front cover titles and rulings stamped in white on light blue cloth, front cover vignette stamped in white with aurora printed in pink, cameo photograph pasted as vignette on front cover 2) 17th printing 1935, inscribed 1938; spine titles stamped in gold on ribbed dark blue cloth, front cover titles, rulings and background vignette (no aurora) stamped in white, cameo photograph (rubbed) pasted as vignette on front cover

Subjects:

Eskimos Juvenile literature and Eskimos

Genres/Forms:

Juvenile works

Names:

Peary, Marie Ahnighito, 1893-1978 and Peary, Marie Ahnighito, 1893-1978