True North: A Journey into Unexplored Wilderness
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Book Overview
In 1929, Elliott Merrick left his position as an advertising executive in New Jersey and headed up to Labrador. There, he worked as an unpaid volunteer for the Grenfell Mission. In 1933, he wrote this incomparable book about his experiences in the northern wilderness, living and working with trappers, American Indians and the nurse he met and married.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803281641
ISBN13:9780803281646
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:353 Pages
Weight:0.09 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
True North
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I haven't read the book yet (it's in a stack waiting)...but it arrived in a timely manner, in excellent shape. Thank you for your prompt service, as always.
Excellent tale...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I read some of the previous reviews before getting this and some were positive and some negative...I have to say I was very much pleased with the book, excellent story and tale with local dialogue to add an element of adventure and flair. I just really enjoyed the story and to see the hardships people faced...
If only I had lived then
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This book will transcend you to a time and place that makes you feel at peace with nature. Merrick's writing is like poetry in motion. You will wish you could have been there to experience the times when he is at one with the universe. The people and places he is writing about no longer exist, which is the greatest pity of all.
A great read for lovers of the Canadian North
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
A fascinating book! A well written account by a man who traveled extensively in the Canadian North in the 1930s, just as the traditional remoteness that had characterized that world was ending with the introduction of planes and other technologies. Merrick was a keen and sympathetic friend of the North, its history and its Native peoples.
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