Wrecked on Labrador (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Winfrid A. Stearns

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331405408 ISBN 13 : 9781331405405

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. Excerpt from Wrecked on Labrador (Classic Reprint)



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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Benton Family in their two -- trips to Labrador are based upon personal experiences. The story is, in large measure, a transcript of the writers own diary; but the characters described would never be identified, since, in most cases, their individualities are taken and combined from many people whom hemet in his numerous visits to that region, covering a period of thirteen years. The intention has been to present in a simple and natural way to young readers some knowledge of a comparatively unknown land, and yet the one first visited and peopled on the New Continent, the claim to its discovery having been disputed by the English, French, Welsh, I rish, I celanders, and Norsemen. The customs and habits in the Labrador are decidedly archaic remnants of the life of nearly three centuries ago; that is, the manners and customs of the people living in Labrador at the present time are quite similar to those which obtained in England and France in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The majority of the early inhabitants were French
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331405408
• ISBN 13: 9781331405405
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 484
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