2012 Puddly Awards
 
 
Follow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on TumblrSubscribe to RSS


Recently Viewed clear list


Guests | February 6, 2012

Nathan Englander: IMG Bookscape



[Editor's note: Don't miss Nathan Englander at the City of Books on Friday, February 17. See our events calendar for all the details.] It's been... Continue »
  1. $17.47 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

spacer
Free Shipping!

Ships free on qualified orders.
$6.95
Used Trade Paper
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 Burnside Canada- General

Lure of the Labrador Wild

by Dillion Wallace

Lure of the Labrador Wild Cover

 

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

The Labrador interior has long held the well-deserved reputation of being one of the most inhospitable places on earth. It is a patchwork of Canadian shield granites and sphagnum moss, labyrinthine caribou trails and desolate subarctic barrens, all set against glacier-scoured hills stretching to an apparently limitless horizon.

In the late spring of 1903, Leonidas Hubbard, a young writer, and Dillon Wallace, a forty-year-old New York attorney, set off with George Elson, a native guide with no firsthand knowledge of their destination, to explore the incompletely mapped Lake Michikamau region of interior Labrador. Beset by delays, the men paddled past their intended route, the Naskaupi River, and headed up the treacherous Susan River instead. When in early September they finally glimpsed the vast waters of Michikamau from the top of an unknown mountain, Labrador’s cold winds had begun. With scant scraps of food remaining, the three began a desperate struggle against starvation and the rapidly approaching and unforgiving winter as they raced home for their lives.

Synopsis:

A best-selling Arctic classic set against the unforgiving Labrador landscape.

About the Author

DILLON WALLACE was born in 1863, in Craigsville, New York. In 1888 he moved to New York City and later entered New York Law School, graduating in 1896. LURE OF THE LABRADOR WILD, was released in 1905 and became an instant best-seller in the United States and Canada. He died in 1939.

LAWRENCE MILLMAN has written for Smithsonian, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Islands, Summit, and many other magazines. His books include Our Like Will Not Be There Again, Hero Jesse, A Kayak Full of Ghosts, Wolverine Creates the World, The Wrong Handed Man, and Last Places. He has made twelve trips to Arctic Canada, nine trips to Greenland, six to Labrador, and six to Iceland. When not on the road, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781592285716
Author:
Wallace, Dillion
Publisher:
Lyons Press
Author:
Millman, Lawrence
Author:
Wallace, Dillon
Subject:
General
Subject:
Canada
Subject:
Adventurers & Explorers
Subject:
Canada - General
Subject:
General Biography
Subject:
Expeditions & Discoveries
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Lyons Press
Publication Date:
October 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.50x5.54x.69 in. .68 lbs.

Other books you might like

  1. $6.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list
  2. $4.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list
  3. $4.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list
  4. $4.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list
  5. $6.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Betsys Wedding

    Maude Hart Lovelace 9780064405447
  6. $8.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

Related Aisles

Lure of the Labrador Wild Used Trade Paper
0 stars - 0 reviews
$6.95 In Stock
Product details 240 pages Lyons Press - English 9781592285716 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by ,
A best-selling Arctic classic set against the unforgiving Labrador landscape.

spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...


Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.