James Vance Marshall (1924–2018)

This was a fun little adventure book that was an entertaining, easy read. It was my first time ever reading anything set in the Arctic, and, I believe, my first foray into Eskimo lore. It made for an interesting read with a good amount of entertainment and suspense. Of course, the thing I most love about the book is that it introduced me to a new, very odd word, which I really enjoy. When I first saw "cwm" I thought it was a typo, then I saw it again, and again. A cwm, pronounced koom, is a bowl-shaped, steep-walled mountain basin carved by glaciation, often containing a small, round lake. Cool, huh? And it works in hanging with friends, haha! (well if you pluralize it, since you need four letter words, aka cwms) but I haven't had the opportunity to try it in words with friends. Something to look forward too...I lost track of what I was doing here... Oh yeah... Book review... Fun little read, enjoyed it!
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A book written about the clash between two white, privileged children from the American South and an adolescent Aboriginal performing his"walkabout" journey designed to winnow out the weak, unfit-for-fatherhood young men. Mary and Peter, two lone brother-and-sister survivors of a small plane crash in the northern territory of Australia, who are too ignorant to Know that they should stay by the plane crash if they hope to be rescued, head south into the desert in the direction of what they believe is Adelaid, where their uncle lives. Before long, they come face-to-face with the naked "darkie" (this was written in 1956). With an omniscient viewpoint, we learn much about this young man, the way of his people, and the amazing flora and fauna found on their travel. But the misunderstanding between Mary and the young Aboriginal will have tragic consequences.… (mais)