New ebooks From Canadian Indies
Description
In 1926, two British women came from Cornwall to Edmonton and travelled through northern Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon by rail, sternwheeler, and canoe. For the women, it was a liberating experience, yet Vyvyan's narrative, supported by MacLaren and LaFramboise's insightful editorial work, reveals the imperialist attitudes underlying their travels.
Awards
- Short-listed, Banff Mountain Book Festival, Adventure Travel
- Short-listed, Independent Publisher Book Awards
Editorial Reviews
“This remarkable and very attractive volume leaves one with a fresh and lively impression of the people and places of the North in a particular era…
— Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
“An informative double-voiced text that allows the reader to see what Vyvyan did not include from her field notes in her original publication.”
— Canadian Literature
