A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador, An Account of the Exploration and Discovery of the Nascaupee and George Rivers
New York: McClure Company, 1908.
First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 305 pp, with 51 halftone illustrations and a map. Original red cloth, rubbed at the extremities, spine slightly toned. Wallace was the first white woman to cross Labrador, as well as the first person to chart the Naskaupee and George River systems and to describe the region's flora and fauna. She undertook the 576-mile journey to complete the journey started by her husband, who had died of starvation in the attempt. The first part of the book offers a short account of her husband's life and trip; the rest describes her own journey, with notes on the topography, geology, and native populations. Mrs. Leonidas was hailed as a national heroine in Canada upon her return from the wilderness, where she had felt, she declared, "less homeless than I ever felt anywhere." Robinson p. 16-17; Arctic Bib. 4559.
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