Grenfell of Labrador : a biography / Ronald Rompkey.
Grenfell of Labrador : a biography / Ronald Rompkey.
By
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Rompkey, Ronald.
Publication Date
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2009, 1991
Publication Information
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Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Physical Description
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350 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Missionaries, Medical -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Biography.
Social reformers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Missionaries, Medical -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Geographic Term
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- Social conditions.
Labrador (N.L.) -- Social conditions.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-343) and index.
Summary
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When the 23-year-old British Doctor Wilfred Grenfell first set foot in Newfoundland in 1892, bent upon serving migrant fishermen, he had no clear idea who his patients were or how they lived there. But his first few weeks on the Labrador coast changed all that. Moved by its natural beauty and the lack of the most elementary comforts, he was seized by a desire for reform and devoted the rest of his life to the task. At first an evangelical missionary of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, Grenfell would become the instrument of philanthropic movements on both sides of the Atlantic and a beloved symbol of unselfish service.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780773535312
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Gander (GGR) | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B G86R | Checked In |
Labrador City (LLC) M. Butt | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B G86R | Checked In |
Mount Pearl (AMP) R. King | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B G86R | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Bio NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Biography NL Reference - Conservation Room | B G86R | NonCirculating |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Bio NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Biography NL Reference - NL Room | B G86R | NonCirculating |
Woody Point (WWP) | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B G86R | Checked In |