The Ladies, the Gwich'in, and the Rat: Travels on the Athabasca, Mackenzie, Rat, Porcupine, and Yukon Rivers in 1926 - Softcover

Clara Vyvyan; I.S. MacLaren; Lisa LaFramboise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0888643020 ISBN 13: 9780888643025

Publisher: University of Alberta Press, 1998

Synopsis

In 1926, two British women came from Cornwall to Edmonton and travelled through northern Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon by rail, sternwheeler, and canoe. For the women, it was a liberating experience, yet Vyvyan's narrative, supported by MacLaren and LaFramboise's insightful editorial work, reveals the imperialist attitudes underlying their travels.

About this title

About the Author:

I.S. MacLaren teaches in the Department of History and Classics and the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta.

Review:

“This remarkable and very attractive volume leaves one wth a fresh and lively impression of the people and places of the North in a particular era...” Bruce Greenfield, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada

“An informative double-voiced text that allows the reader to see what Vyvyan did not include from her field notes in her original publication.” Sherrill Grace, Canadian Literature

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0888643020
• ISBN 13: 9780888643025
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 361