LABRADOR ODYSSEY: THE JOURNAL AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF ELIOT CURWEN ON THE SECOND VOYAGE OF WILFRED GRENFELL, 1893 **SIGNED FIRST EDITION**

ROMKEY, RONALD

ISBN 10: 0773513663 / ISBN 13: 9780773513662

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1996

About this Item

pp: 231. The first edition signed by Romkey on the title page. Eliot Curwen was an English physician who, in 1893, accompanied Sir Wilfred Grenfell of the English Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen to Labrador. Their purpose was to dispense both medicine and the gospel to the fishermen. Rompkey?s introduction to the book provides a good overview of Newfoundland and Labrador society in the early 1890s. The book has a wealth of information on the social, economic, and medical conditions in late nineteenth-century Labrador. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, which is now protected with a Brodart cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LABRADOR ODYSSEY: THE JOURNAL AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF ELIOT CURWEN ON THE SECOND VOYAGE OF WILFRED GRENFELL, 1893 **SIGNED FIRST EDITION**
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773513663
• ISBN 13: 9780773513662
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 0.77 kilograms
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL
  • SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
  • ATLANTIC CANADA

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Synopsis

A religious, well-educated Victorian, Curwen takes us into the heart of the colonial society he encountered. He reveals the pervasive sectarianism, the tawdry political world of St John's, the rudimentary conditions aboard the fishing schooners, and the poverty of the Labrador "livyers," the permanent white settlers who had intermarried with the Inuit. He provides fresh details of the lives of the Moravian Brethren, the first missionaries to the Native population, and comments on the wildlife, the natural environment, and the general disposition of the countryside. Curwen's candid remarks about Grenfell reveal facets of the young missionary and social reformer not found elsewhere. The introduction and annotations by Ronald Rompkey, Grenfell's biographer, establish the historical, political, and social contexts of the journal. Rompkey has supplemented Curwen's private account with official letters and reports from Grenfell and other members of the expedition as well as numerous photographs taken by both Curwen and Grenfell to publicize their work.

About the Author

Ronald Rompkey is University Research Professor, Department of English, Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is the author or editor of eleven books, including three others on Labrador.