True north / Elliott Merrick.
True north / Elliott Merrick.
By
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Merrick, Elliott, 1905-
Publication Date
:
2005, 1933
Publication Information
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North Ferrisburg, Vt. : Heron Dance Press,
Physical Description
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294 p. : maps.
Subject Term
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Adventure and adventurers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- 20th century.
Adventure and adventurers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- History -- 20th century.
Explorers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Explorers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Biography.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Description and travel.
Labrador (N.L.) -- Description and travel.
Summary
:
In 1929, Elliott Merrick left his position as an advertising executive in New Jersey and headed up to Labrador. There, he worked as an unpaid volunteer for the Grenfell Mission. In 1933, he wrote this incomparable book about his experiences in the northern wilderness, living and working with trappers, American Indians and the nurse he met and married.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781933937007
General Note
:
Reprint. Originally published: New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1933.
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