Format:
xlviii, 210 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
,
illustrations (chiefly color)
,
22 cm
Edition:
New English edition
Edition:
Issued also in electronic formats
ISBN:
9780887558221
,
0887558224
Series Statement:
First voices, first texts 4
Uniform Title:
E9-422 - un inuit de la toundra à la Guerre de Corée
Content:
"'My name is Weetaltuk; Eddy Weetaltuk. My Eskimo tag name is E9-422.' So begins From the 'Tundra to the Trenches.' Weetaltuk means 'innocent eyes' in Inuktitut, but to the Canadian government, he was known as E9-422: E for Eskimo, 9 for his community, 422 to identify Eddy. In 1951, Eddy decided to leave James Bay. Because Inuit weren't allowed to leave the North, he changed his name and used this new identity to enlist in the Canadian Forces: Edward Weetaltuk, E9-422, became Eddy Vital, SC-17515, and headed off to fight in the Korean War. In 1967, after fifteen years in the Canadian Forces, Eddy returned home. He worked with Inuit youth struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, and, in 1974, started writing his life's story. This compelling memoir traces an Inuk's experiences of world travel and military service. Looking back on his life, Weetaltuk wanted to show young Inuit that they can do and be what they choose. From the Tundra to the Trenches is the fourth book in the First Voices, First Texts series, which publishes lost or underappreciated texts by Indigenous writers. This new English edition of Eddy Weetaltuk's memoir includes a foreword and appendix by Thibault Martin and an introduction by Isabelle St-Amand."--
Note:
Previously published in French translation under title: E9-422, un Inuit, de la toundra à la guerre de Corée
,
Includes bibliographical references
,
Issued also in electronic formats.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780887555367
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780887555343
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe From the tundra to the trenches Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2016 ISBN 9780887555367
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0887555365
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780887555343
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0887555349
Language:
English
Keywords:
Kanada
;
Eskimo
;
Soldat
;
Koreakrieg
;
Autobiografie
Author information:
Martin, Thibault 1963-
Author information:
Weetaltuk, Eddy 1932-2005
