Aghvook, White Eskimo: Otto Geist and Alaskan Archaeology
by Charles J Keim (9781602230361)

This remarkable biography recounts the life and work of Otto Geist, an archaeologist who spent his career studying Eskimo cultures. Given the name "Aghvook," meaning bowhead whale, by St. Lawrence Islanders, Geist did pioneering field work with Alaskan native cultures and his journal notes are reproduced in the book. Charles J. Keim also chronicles Geist's personal life, from his German childhood to his service in world wars I and II to his vast collection of Alaskan artifacts and natural specimens that was donated to the University of Alaska. Wholly readable and compelling, "Aghvook, White Eskimo" offers a fascinating biographical study of one of America's pioneering scientists.

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