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Book SynopsisRobert Flaherty''s groundbreaking Nanook of the North (1922) - the chronicle of one year in the life of an Inuit hunter and his family in the Hudson Bay region - was the first full-length anthropological documentary in cinematic history. Before Nanook, Flaherty endured a number of failures, disappointments, and false starts. Drawing from the unpublished diaries of Flaherty and his wife, Frances, Robert Christopher''s biography fills in crucial background in the emergence of a documentary film legend.
Previous biographical emphasis on Nanook has not only obscured Flaherty''s early career but also neglected the critical contributions Frances made to his development as an artist. Robert and Frances Flaherty charts her transformation from a Bryn Mawr bluestocking to the partner of a frontier explorer and offers her unique perspective as his collaborator and publicist.
From iron prospector to photographer to filmmaker, Flaherty''s early life is situa
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"This book is indispensable for anyone with an interest in Robert Flaherty." Jay Ruby, professor of anthropology, Temple University " ... Christopher's book should be a treat for fans of travel-writing and cinema alike."--Sight and Sound, July 2006
