Isbn: 0007872590141 (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. 2 'nd Edition. The author of these 222 pages was born in 1902 at Mud lake , Labrador. She is the daughter of Joseph Blake. She married Jim Goudie, a trapper, in 1920. Read more about : Uptik, Merrifield Bay, kamutik, Kitty Montague, John Groves' store, Sebaskachu, grease shortening, Kenamu River, Rigolet, and Big Hill portage. Text assisted by b/w photographs. B/W maps of the Makkovik region on pages 126 & 127. Cond : Paper wrapper is aquamarine blue with white lettering. Front cover photo is of the young author-to-be. She is 25 and holding one of her children who has facial burns. Volume bright, square and clean. no names nor marks. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 25) : " We would only see a minister or doctor about once in the winter. Outside of that we would have to look after our own sores or cuts the best way we could throughout the year. You would be surprised what you can do when you have to do without the doctor. We sterilized our rags for cuts and infections by browning them on the stove. ". Size: 8vo. B/W Frontispiece (illustrator). …