Robert and Frances Flaherty : a documentary life, 1883-1922 /

"Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North (1922) was the first full-length anthropological documentary in cinematic history. Drawing from the unpublished diaries of the director and his wife, Frances, Robert Christopher's biography deepens our understanding of a film legend and his groun...

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Main Author: Christopher, Robert J., 1937-
Other Authors: Flaherty, Frances Hubbard, Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005.
Series:McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 45.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Maps
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 The Boy from Iron Mountain
  • The Islands That Were Not There, 1884â€?1904
  • 2 The Violin, Camera, and Canoe
  • Diary of Exploration of Lake Nipigon Region, Northern Ontario, 7 September â€? 5 October 1906
  • 3 From Bryn Mawr to Lake Nipigon
  • Diary of the First Mackenzie Expedition, 5 August 1910 â€? 14 March 1911
  • 4 Through Canada's Northland
  • Diary of the Second Mackenzie Expedition, 6 June 1911 â€? 8 August 1912
  • 5 Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
  • Diary of the Third Mackenzie Expedition, 15 June 1913 â€? 3 October 19146 Frances and the Book of the Heart
  • Diary of Frances Hubbard Flaherty, 17 December 1914 â€? 22 February 1916
  • 7 Flaherty Island
  • Diary of the Fourth Mackenzie Expedition, 11 August 1915 â€? 21 September 1916
  • 8 Nanook of the Barren Lands
  • The Port Harrison Diary, August 1920 â€? August 1921
  • 9 Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
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