The Way Of The Four Winds Yrjo Kokko 1st Edition Lapland Text And Photography

Far to the north, beyond the Arctic Circle, live the last nomads of Europe, the the Lapps Lapps of Northern Finland and Scandinavia, Wandering over these frozen wastes behind their herds of reindeer, wintering in their tents in the valleys and plains, summering in little huts high up in the mountains, they are a strange isolated race, unlike the Finns and Norwegians, shy and retiring by nature, and still more pagan than Christian.

In his text and the many photographs that illustrate it, Mr. Kokko has provided a fascinating picture of Lapland today the nature of the people and their land, their customs and super- stitions, the long dark winter months and the short bright Northern summer when the sun never sets, the wild life and natural beauties of the countryside. And always in the background of the story is the threat that civilization is bringing to the old way of life, to its peace and to the ancient law of the wilderness as the people of the South begin to fetter the freedom of th