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Title: Gift of the Whale: The Inupiat Bowhead Hunt, a Sacred Tradition by Bill Hess ISBN: 1-57061-163-7 Publisher: Sasquatch Books Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Insightful & honest
Comment: Bill Hess is a very gifted photographer, who works almost exclusively in black and white. He has spent a great deal of time with the people the people of the North Slope whose lives are shared in this book. For a number of years he was under contract to the North Slope Borough to produce a magazine about life on the North Slope (Uinniq-The Open Lead, which makes it clear that the people of the North Slope felt that he represents them clearly and fairly.

One could enjoy this book for the photography alone, but it is so much more than that. Whaling is a central focus of North Slope Inupiat culture; it is an inextricable part. People here know that; and the whalers carry it out as a sacred trust on behalf of the whole community.

Rating: 5
Summary: Stunning
Comment: This is a stunning visual presentation combined with a moving, unpretentious text. The drama of the three grey whales, the search for footprints . . . it is all powerful stuff. I have only been living in Barrow for nine months but so far there isn't a word that doesn't ring true.

Rating: 5
Summary: Simply outstanding!
Comment: I have done a great deal of reading in my life, yet never have I been more absorbed in a book than I have in 'Gift of the Whale'. I highly recommend this elegant, enjoyable and informative piece of work.