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Curwen, Eliot, Rompkey, Ronald (Editor)

Labrador Odyssey: The Journal and Photographs of Eliot Curwen on the Second Voyage of Wilfred Grenfell, 1893

McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996

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Year of publication
1996
ISBN
0773513663
Place of printing
Canada
Author
Curwen, Eliot, Rompkey, Ronald (Editor)
Publishers
McGill-Queen's University Press
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Keyword
Labrador Odyssey: The Journal and Photographs of Eliot Curwen on, the Second Voyage of Wilfred Grenfell, 1893, Inuit, St. John's, Newfoundland, Livyers, Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 11865-1940, Labrador, Nfld., History, Social conditions, Missions, Medical, English, Medicine Travel, Exploration & Adventure Photography
Binding description
J H Very Good Hardcover
State of preservation
Very Good
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover

Description

xxxix, 231 pages. Footnotes and index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "A religious, well-educated Victorian, Eliot Curwen takes us into the heart of the colonial society he encountered. His journal provides insights into its pervasive sectariansim, the tawdry political world of St. John's, the rudimentary conditions aboard the fishing schooners, and the poverty of the Labrador 'livyers,' the permanent white settlers who had intermarried with the Inuit. His candid remarks about Grenfell reveal details about the young missionary and social reformer not found elsewhere." - dust jacket. Faint pencil erasure atop half-title page, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A pleasing copy. Book
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