
Berries of Labrador
Ellen Bryan Obed(Author)
Memorial University Press
Published on 15. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
116 pages
978-1-990445-27-9 (ISBN)
Description
Berries grow in every part of Labrador-bogs, barrens, forests, gulches, roadsides, yards, mountains, open sand, and wet, shady streambanks. Ripening red, orange, blue, purple, black, or white. Tasting bitter, juicy, sour, sweet, dry. Like wintergreen. Like tobacco.
Berries of Labrador combines storytelling with science to celebrate more than forty species of berries and their various uses, from food to medicine. Beautiful watercolour illustrations by Valerie Powell and short anecdotes from community members accompany each description, highlighting the cultural, historical, and ecological significance of the berries of Labrador.
Berries of Labrador combines storytelling with science to celebrate more than forty species of berries and their various uses, from food to medicine. Beautiful watercolour illustrations by Valerie Powell and short anecdotes from community members accompany each description, highlighting the cultural, historical, and ecological significance of the berries of Labrador.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
- Watercolour - 11 Diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-990445-27-9 (9781990445279)
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Persons
Raised on a small farm in Maine, Ellen Bryan Obed first went to Labrador at the age of twenty to work at Cartwright Summer Camp. After University, she returned to Labrador to teach school and to research its flora. She married Enoch Obed of Nain and they had three children, Keturah, Natan, and Seth.
Ellen is the author of ten books for children. Her Borrowed Black has been translated into seven languages and appeared in thirteen different editions since it was first published in 1979. The seasons and nature provide the subjects for most of Ellen's writing. She and her husband, Robert, reside in the town of Ellsworth on the Coast of Maine.
Valerie Powell is a nurse and midwife from Cornwall, England who worked for the Grenfell Regional Health Services on the Labrador Coast from 1978-1989. She became interested in the wild flowers and berries whilst she was there and began painting them.
Ellen is the author of ten books for children. Her Borrowed Black has been translated into seven languages and appeared in thirteen different editions since it was first published in 1979. The seasons and nature provide the subjects for most of Ellen's writing. She and her husband, Robert, reside in the town of Ellsworth on the Coast of Maine.
Valerie Powell is a nurse and midwife from Cornwall, England who worked for the Grenfell Regional Health Services on the Labrador Coast from 1978-1989. She became interested in the wild flowers and berries whilst she was there and began painting them.
Content
Preface
List of Berries
How Entries for Each Berry are Structured
Berries
Illustrated Botanical Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Other Sources for Northern Berries
Bibliography
List of Berries
How Entries for Each Berry are Structured
Berries
Illustrated Botanical Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Other Sources for Northern Berries
Bibliography