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Newfoundland & Labrador is an insightful and entertaining introduction to its people, culture, geography, history, and economy.The easy-to-read text - by Newfoundland resident Lawrence Jackson - is complimented with beautiful colour photography, taking readers on a fascinating tour of this rocky province.

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nice little book
If you are going to Newfoundland or Labrador and if your kids are with you then you can just present them with this book as a starter. Lovely little book which covers everything that a kid needs to know about these 2 places. Actually you can also have peek before you move on to the thicker books. ... Read more

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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Provinces and territories of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland (island), Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Humphrey Gilbert, Timeline of St. John's history, Battle of Signal Hill, American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Architecture of St. John's, Saint Bonaventure's College, List of mayors of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Media in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Roaches Line is a village located inland from the western side of Conception Bay and south of Bay Roberts in Newfoundland and Labrador.Roaches Line (route 70) connects the Conception Bay North Highway (route 60) at Cupids Crossing and South River with the Trans Canada Highway (route 1) and Veterans' Memorial Highway (route 75). It is primarily a farming area and known for its landmark life-sized, weathervane horse statue atop a cliff, known locally at "The Look Out". Besides the small year-round resident population, it is a popular cottage area, built up along the shores of the many lakes and ponds.Also known a Rolin' abbrev ROaches LINe, This is a small group of teenagers formed by one resident Geoff Edmunds (August 28, 1988). He created this group for the youth side of Roches Line, They participated in numerous activities in their small community. ... Read more

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If someone should ask you "Where you "longs to?," he's probably from Newfoundland and Labrador, and he wants to know where you are from.This exotic and wonderfully unusual province joined the rest of Canada in 1949."P is for Puffin" takes children on an alphabetical tour of this fascinating land, where they can see 60-foot icebergs and 22 varieties of whales, make music on an accordion or an "ugly stick," taste such delicacies as seal flipper pie and moose stew and hear of a history that's rich with Viking explorers, shipwrecks and pirates' treasures. ... Read more

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beautiful book, not just for kids
This book is certainly a touch of home for N & L people.I bought it for my 75 yr old mom and my adult children.My mom lived on Prospect Street, 2 blocks from the wharf.The houses were not painted like a circus when she grew up there, or when we visited in the 60s'.Now I think it is for the tourists.Anyways, it is beautifully written and illustrated.It has simple writing for the younger oneson part of the page, and more indepth writng for older ones.

I know this is a series of states and provinces.I just picked up T is for Tarheel at my Costco for my grandson and me.Not a good series for book lovers , especially if you like alphabet books. you could go broke.

Beautiful and unique alphabet book
Our whole family loves this gorgeous alphabet book.The illustrations and choice of local representation for each letter of the alphabet are beautiful, unique, and creative.The detailed descriptions add a bit of local education for the older kids and adults who read it to the littlest members of the family.There is something in this book for everybody.A real treat and a reminder of home. ... Read more

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In the late spring of 1903 Leonidas Hubbard, an ambitious young writer, Dillon Wallace, a forty-year-old New York attorney, and George Elson, an Indian guide with no firsthand knowledge of their destination, set out on an adventure. Beset by delays, the men paddle past their intended route. When in early September they finally glimpse the vast waters of Michikamau from atop an unknown mountain, the cold winds have already begun. With almost no food left, the three begin a desperate struggle against starvation and the quickening pace of a cruel winter, heading homeward in a race for their lives. ... Read more

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A haunting portrait of friends lost and friendship found
A deeply moving misadventure. In getting lost, these three men discovered the soul of Labrador as well as the true meaning of friendship and survival. This book is a classic.

The lure of the Labrador wild
I have read this book several times, and would recomend it to anyone that enjoys an adventure story. I enjoy it even more than most as Leonidas Hubbard was my grandfathers first cousin.This book has been almost required reading in our family,(Hubbard).I hope the publisher will reprint it as we have many family members looking for a copy of the book.

Tired..Weak..Hungry..They fought until the end.Ive been ther
I have read a lot of teen adventure books. I recently read this one while I was on a rugged boys canoe camp trip. We went on a 7 week trip with 12 men to labrador. I purchased this bookbecause it was nonfiction and it was saying how these 3 brave, adventurousmen took a trip similar to the area i'll be going to. It talked about howmothernature just (threre's really no word for it but...)Destroys thesepeople and they fight back with courage and hope in succeeding this rawadventure. The three in progress of there adventure take care of eachother and keep eachother alive nad in this doing they become better than greatfriends almost brothers. I really don't want to ruin the book for you, buti suggest so strongly that you get a copy of this book, and oh yea thebeginning of the bookreally is boring because it tells you of how theygot to labrador in 1902 (they didn't have cars).

Thank God the author lived and his book is being reprinted!
I cannot say enough about the content and the form of this book.Itbeautifully informs the reader not only of the enthusiasm of two would-bewilderness pioneers, but also of the errors they did not know they had madealong the way to a tragic end.I get the feeling that the author, whowrote the book (according to the introduction) as a tribute to his lostmate, never overlooks or overplays any of the events that took place in thethen-unchartered terrain of eastern Laborador.The author also makes plainthat the voyage ended his youthful naivete by teaching him the necessity ofrespecting the natural world and of remembering our loves who slowly butsurely disappear from our lives.

In short, Lure Of the Laborador Wild,despite its drab title, is an engrossing work.It is quiet, clearlywritten and, in a matter-of-fact way, terrifying.It towers far above allother nonfiction adventure books I have read over the past ten years.

A true story of courage and friendship
Poorly prepared, two friends, and their half-indian manservant "George", decide to travel deep in to the interior of Labrador.The hardship they endure and the hard choices they make are a testimony to the resilience of the human spirit. This book gives great insight into what life was like in eastern Canada at the turn of this century. ... Read more

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A ten-year-old girl from New York City learns about the traditional fishermen's way of life when she spends the summer in the remote Newfoundland fishing village of Salvage. ... Read more

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Illustrated text explores the history, geography, and culture of Newfoundland. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on March 1, 1995. The length of the article is 4932 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: KEY WORDS: Transhumance, colonization, Newfoundland, Labrador, Canada.

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Title: Transhumance among European settlers in Atlantic Canada.
Author: Philip E.L. Smith
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1995
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: v161Issue: n1Page: p79(8)

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Geography of Canada. Volcanism of Canada, Northern Canada, Western Canada, Fauna of Canada, Canadian Prairies, Great Lakes, Saskatchewan, Montreal, Newfoundland and Labrador, Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Vancouver Island, Wrangell Volcanic Field, Fraser River, History of the petroleum industry in Canada, Mountain peaks of Canada, Hudson Bay ... Read more

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A fascinating look at the American artist who introduced home industries to St Anthony, Newfoundland. ... Read more

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A combination of fact, fiction, and fantasy, Eiriksdottir is the story of Norsemen who, 1,000 years ago, crossed the treacherous seas to Vinland, a land that became both mythical and real. Their final voyage, led by Freydis Eiriksdottir, the enigmatic daughter of the renegade Eirik the Red, is shrouded in mystery. Of the two ships that set out from Greenland in search of Vinland, why did only one ship return from the fabled new-found land? And what kind of a leader was Freydis? Was she brave and resourceful? Or was she, as the sagas claim, vengeful and cruel? Epic in scope, Eiriksdottir presents a complex northern world in which greed and desire, dreams and luck are intertwined. Joan Clark's vivid and sensuous prose will resonate in the reader s mind long after the last page has been turned. ... Read more

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A feminist explorer
Extremely well-written, using vocabulary evoking the period, the author takes an event with little historical documentation and creates a story that is both plausible and a little fantastic.There is a good feeling for daily life, the difficulty of living with the elements, climate and struggle to survive.Characters are well developed if not entirely believable.I found the ending quite good, bringing all the pieces to their possible historical end.

A fantastic tale of an age near lost in the mists of time...
This book is very involving. It details the third expedition to Vinland (Newfoundland- north America ot the Geographically challenged) by Freydis Eiriksdottir, bastard child of Erik the Red, and half-sister to LeifEriksson. It's a fantastic tale, showing how women lived some 11 centuriesago, a detailed examination of events leading to a disasterous, bloodyclimax. (the plot. NOt the book. The book is great) Buy it!!! ... Read more