"In the summer of 1883, Franz Boas, widely regarded as one of the fathers of Inuit anthropology, sailed from Germany to Baffin Island to spend a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound. This was his introduction to the Arctic and to anthropological fieldwork. This book presents, for the first time, his letters and journal entries from the year that he spent among the Inuit, providing not only insightful background to his numerous scientific articles...

Of Boas' field trips -- Boas' methodology -- Manuscript materials -- Earlier publication of individual sections of the Sagen -- Publication of the Sagen -- An evaluation of the Sagen -- Boas' orthography -- History of this translation -- Boas' preface to the original 1895 edition -- I: Shuswap -- II: Ntlakyapamuq (Thompson) -- 3: Lower Fraser River -- 4: Cowichan -- 5: Nanaimo -- 6: Squamish -- 7: Lukungun -- 8: Comox -- 9: Klahoose -- 10: Sliammon...

The classic anthropological study describes what it was like in the 1920s for girls growing up in the culture of the Samoan Islands, offering provocative insights into such topics as childhood, gender roles, and culture.