Great Heart: the History of a Labrador Adventure - Hardcover

James West Davidson; John Rugge

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670819506 ISBN 13: 9780670819508

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1988

Synopsis

An account of a 1903 expedition, when Leonidas Hubbard and Dillon Wallace set out to cross 550 miles of unmapped terrain in Labrador

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Review:

In 1903 Leonidas Hubbard set out to cross the Ungava-Labrador Peninsula, and to forge a name for himself as an adventure writer. He took a friend, a guide, a canoe, a ton of equipment, and scads of naive hope. Months later, the friend and guide staggered out of the snow, and Hubbard starved to death in his tent, too weak to attempt the 30-mile trek to safety. And that's just Part I. James West Davidson and John Rugge narrate with simple dignity, making vividly tangible the wretchedness of mosquitoes, the panic of no food, and the rocky tangle of the Labrador wilderness.

From the Publisher:

In 1903 Leonidas Hubbard was commissioned by an outdoors magazine to explore Labrador by canoe. Joined by his best friend, Dillon Wallace, and a Scots-Cree guide, George Elson, Hubbard hoped to make a name for himself as an adventurer. But plagued by poor judgment and bad luck, his party turned back and Hubbard died of starvation just thirty miles from camp. Two years later, Hubbard’s widow, Mina, and Wallace returned to Labrador, leading rival expeditions to complete the original trek and fix blame for the earlier failure. Their race made headlines from New York to Nova Scotia—and it makes fascinating reading today in this widely acclaimed reconstruction of the epic saga. The authors draw on contemporary accounts and their own journeys in Labrador to evoke the intense drama to men and women pushed beyond the limits of endurance in one of the great true adventures of our century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0670819506
• ISBN 13: 9780670819508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 397