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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816486103321

Autore

Davidson James West

Titolo

Great heart : the history of a Labrador adventure / / James West Davidson and John Rugge ; with an introduction by Bill McKibben and a new afterword by the authors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2006], c1988

ISBN

1-283-52934-3

9786613841797

0-7735-8581-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RuggeJohn

McKibbenBill

Disciplina

917.18/20420922

971.8201

Soggetti

Adventure and adventurers - Newfoundland and Labrador - Labrador - History - 20th century

Labrador (N.L.) Discovery and exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in hardcover: New York : Viking, 1988.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-391).

Nota di contenuto

Book one : Hubbard's lure -- Book two : Elson's rainbow -- Epilogue -- Afterword, 2006.

Sommario/riassunto

In July 1903 Leonidas Hubbard set out to explore the uncharted interior of Labrador by canoe, accompanied by Dillon Wallace, his best friend, and George Elson, a Métis guide. Bad luck and bad judgment led the expedition into disaster and the party was forced to turn back. Hubbard died of starvation just thirty miles from camp. Two years later Wallace decided to complete the overland expedition and clear himself of blame for Hubbard's death. He had, however, a rival - Mina Hubbard. She blamed Wallace for her husband's death and, with Elson as her guide, intended to complete the trek first. The result was an epic race between the avenging widow and her husband's best friend. Reconstructing the story from the long-lost journals and diaries of the 1903 and 1905 expeditions, James Davidson and John Rugge trace the explorers' routes and re-create the saga. Great Heart is a gripping drama of



individuals pushed to the limits of human endurance.