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Steve Rinella mentions this was Seth Cantner's first novel and his introduction to Cantner's work. Cantner explains he wrote it as a novel to tell the truth about northern Alaska and Inupiat villages, and had difficulty getting it published, receiving a $1,500 advance after ten years of trying.

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Mentioned as Seth Cantner's follow-up book to Ordinary Wolves. Cantner explains that people wanted a memoir and he didn't realize it was unusual to grow up in a sod igloo separated from people.

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Described as Seth Cantner's most recent book. Rinella praises it extensively, noting it covers the biology and cultural significance of caribou, and demonstrates how one cannot talk about caribou without talking about people. The book is discussed multiple times throughout the episode, and Cantner mentions it's published by Mountaineers Books, a nonprofit publisher.