Most Popular Books by James A. Houston

James Houston helped introduce Inuit culture to the world with his remarkable art and stories. Here are four of his exciting Inuit folk tales--"The White Archer", "Akavak," "Tikta''liktak" and "Wolf Run"--collected in one beautiful volume. "The White Archer" and "Tikta''liktak" were both named an Eskimo Legend CLA Book of the Year for Children in the 1960s.James Houston made his first journey to the Canadian Arctic in 1948 in search of a new land to paint. He lived with Inuit and Indian people in the Arctic for 12 years and grew to understand them and their way of life."Houston''s knowledge of the Inuit people and their culture is astounding. And his description of the Arctic is both powerful and sometimes frightening--a cold, lonely world that can do strange things to men''s minds." --Toronto StarAges 8 and up

In 1803, a New England trading ship put in at the Nootkan village of the Eagle House on the Canadian Pacific coast. Its purposes were to replenish provisions, barter for valuable sea otter pelts and, incidentally, to obtain sexual services of the young village women. A group of rebellious Indian youths, infuriated by the arrogance and disdain of the white men, carried out a violent plan to massacre the crew and plunder the ship. Surviving the slaughter were Jewitt, the appealing and skilful ironsmith, and Thompson, the dour sailmaker. "Eagle Song is the turbulent tale of their two-year captivity, seen through the eyes of Siam, a Nootkan nobleman.

Matthew and his Eskimo friend, Kayak, set out on a dangerous overland rescue mission when Matthew''s father is lost in the Canadian Arctic during a geological mission. Based on the actual experiences of a boy lost in the Canadian Arctic.

Kidnapped by raiding Abnaki Indians during the French and Indian War, seventeen-year-old Sarah must make a choice between life in slavery or death by torture.

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A young Eskimo vows to avenge his parents'' violent deaths, but over the years that it takes him to become a master archer, he outgrows his hatred.