An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List
Ep. 021
October 30, 2015
Description
Bethel, AK. Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis, Mike Washlesky, and Korey Kaczmareck from the MeatEater crew. Subjects discussed: Nunivak Cup'ig Eskimos; Texas pride; jumping out of...
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Books Referenced
Oomingmak: The Expedition to the Musk Ox Island in the Bering Sea
Author: Peter Matthiessen
Context:
The speaker discusses a book by writer Peter Matthiessen (spelled 'Matheson' in transcript) about muskox. He describes it as 'sort of like a magazine article that turned into a book' and mentions that Matthiessen discusses how some natives call muskox 'oomingmak' and relates imagery about the muskox's wool swaying like chain mail and how the wool meets tall grass in a way that makes it hard to distinguish where one ends and one begins. The specific book title is not mentioned in the transcript.