Down to the Sea: Yarns From the Labrador
This exciting memoir tells the incredible story of Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, a British physician who moved to Newfoundland in the late nineteenth century to provide medical care to the isolated communities along the coast of Labrador. Filled with exciting tales of adventure and hardship, as well as vivid descriptions of the people and landscapes of Newfoundland and Labrador, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Canadian medicine and the social history of the Atlantic provinces.
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