Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure - Couverture souple

West Davidson, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0773516573 ISBN 13 : 9780773516571

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1903 Leonidas Hubbard was commissioned by an outdoors magazine to explore Labrador by canoe. Joined by his best friend, Dillon Wallace, and a Scots-Cree guide, George Elson, Hubbard hoped to make a name for himself as an adventurer. But plagued by poor judgment and bad luck, his party turned back and Hubbard died of starvation just thirty miles from camp. Two years later, Hubbard's widow, Mina, and Wallace returned to Labrador, leading rival expeditions to complete the original trek and fix blame for the earlier failure. Their race made headlines from New York to Nova Scotia-and it makes fascinating reading today in this widely acclaimed reconstruction of the epic saga. The authors draw on contemporary accounts and their own journeys in Labrador to evoke the intense drama to men and women pushed beyond the limits of endurance in one of the great true adventures of our century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0773516573
• ISBN 13: 9780773516571
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 389
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible