Grenfell of Labrador
A Biography
1st Edition
Published on 24. April 2009
368 pages
978-0-7735-7519-6 (ISBN)
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The best-selling biography of Wilfred Grenfell, back in print.
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Rompkey Ronald:
Ronald Rompkey is University Research Professor, Department of English, Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is the author or editor of eleven books, including three others on Labrador.Ronald Rompkey is University Research Professor, Department of English, Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is the author or editor of eleven books, including three others on Labrador.
Ronald Rompkey is University Research Professor, Department of English, Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is the author or editor of eleven books, including three others on Labrador.Ronald Rompkey is University Research Professor, Department of English, Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is the author or editor of eleven books, including three others on Labrador.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the 2009 Reprint
- Prologue
- PART ONE: DEEP SEA MISSIONARY
- 1 Mostyn House School, 1865-1882
- 2 The London Hospital Medical College, 1883-1889
- 3 The Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, 1889-1892
- 4 The Voyages of the Albert, 1892-1893
- 5 The Voyage of the Princess May, 1893-94
- PART TWO: SOCIAL REFORMER
- 6 Hard Times in Newfoundland, 1894-1897
- 7 Exile in England, 1897-1899
- 8 The Hero Ascendant, 1900-1905
- 9 Grand Almoner, 1905-1908
- 10 The Hero Confirmed, 1908-1910
- PART THREE: LIVING LEGEND
- 11 Running a Railroad Accident, 1910-1914
- 12 Coping with War, 1914-1918
- 13 Promoting the Mission, 1918-1920
- 14 The Lecture Circuit, 1918-1923
- 15 Public Figure, 1923-1927
- PART FOUR: SPENT RUNNER
- 16 The New Mission, 1928-1931
- 17 The Death of Democracy, 1931-1934
- 18 Resignation, 1934-1937
- 19 The Last Lap, 1937-1940
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
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- I
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- W
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- Photographs
