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Author Davidson, James West

Title 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
Published Montréal [Qué.] ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2006], ©1988

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 391 pages) : illustrations, maps, digital file
Series Kodansha Globe
Contents Book one : Hubbard's lure -- Book two : Elson's rainbow -- Epilogue -- Afterword, 2006
Summary 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
Analysis JSTOR-DDA
Labrador (Nfld.) Discovery and exploration
Hubbard, Leonidas, 1872- 1903 Journeys Newfoundland Labrador
Wallace, Dillon, 1863- 1939 Journeys Newfoundland Labrador
Hubbard, Mina Journeys Newfoundland Labrador
Elson, George Journeys Newfoundland Labrador
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Notes Originally published in hardcover: New York : Viking, 1988
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-391)
Notes English
Subject Hubbard, Leonidas, 1872-1903 -- Travel -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador
Wallace, Dillon, 1863-1939 -- Travel -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador
Hubbard, Mina -- Travel -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador
Elson, George -- Travel -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador
SUBJECT Elson, George fast
Hubbard, Leonidas, 1872-1903 fast
Hubbard, Mina fast
Wallace, Dillon, 1863-1939 fast
Subject Adventure and adventurers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- History -- 20th century
TRAVEL -- Canada -- General.
HISTORY -- Canada -- Post-Confederation (1867- )
Adventure and adventurers
Discoveries in geography
Travel
SUBJECT Labrador (N.L.) -- Discovery and exploration
Subject Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Rugge, John
LC no. 2007277228
ISBN 9780773585812
0773585818
1283529343
9781283529341
9786613841797
661384179X