Kabloona by Gontran de Poncins

Kabloona is a book by French adventurer Gontran de Poncins, written in collaboration with Lewis Galantiere, first published in English in 1941. It recounts Poncin's solo unsupported journey in the Canadian Arctic near King William Island, Canada, where he lived with the Inuit (in those days, still generally called the Eskimos) for about 15 months during the period 1938 to late 1939. Poncins was a French aristocratic count in his late thirties. The book contains many drawings by the author and 10 pages of black-and-white photographs, and it is considered a classic in travel literature and anthropology.

The 1086th greatest nonfiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 84th on Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time (National Geographic Adventure Magazine)

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Name Binding Sales Rank Lowest New Lowest Used Published
Kabloona (Armed Services edition) Hardcover 10446829 $48.29
Kabloona Hardcover 4555510 $2.02
Kabloona Paperback 8671823 $2.95 1988
Kabloona Hardcover 362114 $155.46 $2.99
Kabloona (Time reading program special edition) Paperback 2858499 $0.54
Kabloona Imitation Leather 2059389 $9.00 1980
Kabloona: Among the Inuit Audible Audiobook 71013 $16.95 2005
Kabloona Hardcover 6599740 $7.00
Kabloona Hardcover 8721446 $6.50
Kabloona: Along The Inuit Audio CD 3135153 $20.76 $9.24
Kabloona Paperback 1549659 $116.47 $18.00 1985
Kabloona: Among the Inuit (Graywolf Rediscovery Series) Paperback 1766328 $40.00 $4.81 1996