{"product_id":"9781550172775","title":"The Whale People","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Whale People\u003c\/i\u003e, young Atlin must one day succeed his father Nit-gass, a great whaling chief of the Hotsath people. The boy trains for his role with the mixture of yearning and apprehension experienced by every youth racing toward adulthood - except that in Atlin's case, his whole community is depending on his success.\u003cp\u003eWith lean, sure-footed prose, Haig-Brown captures the tangled emotions of adolescence, and in the process conveys a vivid portrait of pre-Columbian life on the West Coast. Never preachy or condescending, \u003ci\u003eThe Whale People\u003c\/i\u003e is richly furnished with the material and spiritual mainstays of its characters: canoes, harpoons, animals and \"tumanos,\" the personal magic a great whaler and leader must possess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Timeless\" is a term too freely bandied about, but seldom has a story so deftly married the moment with the millennia. Written 40 years ago - it was named Book of the Year for Children by the Canadian Library Association in 1964 - it could be set 400 years ago, yet there is not one quaint or dated sentence in it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harbour Publishing Company, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300883546352,"sku":"9781550172775","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781550172775_p0.jpg?v=1763751775","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781550172775","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}