<p>In 1905 Mina Benson Hubbard became the first white woman to cross Labrador, completing the expedition that had led to her husband's death. The Woman Who Mapped Labrador makes available for the first time the unguarded and personal diary that was the basis for her famous book, A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador. Three specialists have combined their expertise to enhance the richness of this original source. Roberta Buchanan's annotation of Hubbard's expedition diary makes it accessible to contemporary readers. Anne Hart's biography illuminates an Edwardian woman's transformation from teacher, nurse, and devoted wife to courageous explorer and social activist. Bryan Greene's discussion of Hubbard's navigational, cartographic, and topographical techniques shows her to have been a serious explorer. His nineteen newly drawn maps make it possible to follow her journey in detail. In her diary Hubbard's full enthusiasm for the Labrador wilderness shines through her descriptions of the great caribou migration, the Montagnais/Naskapi Indians (Innu), and life at a Hudson's Bay post. She also reveals in frank detail the difficulties of asserting her authority as a female expedition leader and her satisfaction at beating out her male rival, Dillon Wallace.</p>

The Woman Who Mapped Labrador: The Life And Expedition Diary Of Mina Hubbard

Biographies & Memoirs

ANNE HART

Roberta Buchanan

Bryan Greene

Community & Culture

McGill-Queen's University Press

<p>29 Voices From Newfoundland "Direct, honest, courageous" ". . . humour and hilarity. . ." This writing is "as stalwart and generous as it has been significant." The title, A Charm Against the Pain, expresses "the power of literature to navigate travellers through the valleys and peaks of life" - Joan Clark Contributors: Lillian Bouzane; Michael Bruce-Lockhart; Roberta Buchanan; Lillian Bursey; Grace Butt; Libby Creelman; Eileen Dicks; M. T. Dohaney; Danette Dooley; Anne Ferncase; Geraldine Flannigan; Maggie Heneghan; Fran Baird Innes; Kathleen Knowles; Peggy Smith Krachun; Janet McNaughton; Alison Melvin; Bernice Morgan; Jennifer Morgan; Trudy J. Morgan-Cole; Hilda Chaulk Murray; Paul O Neill; Helen Fogwill Porter; Marilyn Porter; Georgina Olivere Queller; Geraldine Chafe Rubia; Joan Scott; Esther Slaney-Brown; Laura Morry Williams</p>

A Charm Against the Pain: An Anthology of All New Writing From Newfoundland

Literature & Fiction

Georgina Olivere Queller

and Geraldine Chafe Rubia

Short Stories & Anthologies

Flanker Press

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