Igloo Swellers Were My Church: The Memoirs of Jack Sperry, Anglican Bishop of the Arctic

by John R. Sperry

pp. 174, b/w and colour photographs, SIGNED "John R. Sperry" by the author on the title page. "Anglican bishop John R. Sperry spent 20 years with the Inuit in a tiny and isolated Canadian Arctic community. ... Sperry travelled on his rounds by dogteam across the sea ice and snow-covered land, to visit Inuit camps…

184 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

Reviews

[Caroline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, how can I not love this book. I'm in it! Jack is such a wonderful story teller. I wish you all could hear him tell this story in person.

[John Newton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bishop Sperry was something of an arctic pioneer, having begun to serve in the Canadian North when it was considerably more remote than it is today. He fully immersed himself in the surrounding culture, becoming fluent in the Inuktitut language and familiar with their customs, not to mention becoming part of their lives and they of his. This book is a fascinating account of his forty-plus years in the Arctic and it provides a fascinating (and eye-opening) read. My only regret is that, with his characteristic humility, he did not say very much about himself.

[Jodi-Lee Kaemingk · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for any Northerner