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Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission /

"Strongly influenced by the arts and crafts movement, the New England artist Jessie Luther was recruited by Wilfred Grenfell to teach weaving to the women at St. Anthony, whose hooked mats went on to become famous for their strong designs and meticulous craftsmanship. An annotated edition of a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rompkey, Ronald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2001.
Colección:McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 10.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Foreword
  • Part One
  • The Story Begins 29 June
  • 6 July 1906
  • Industries in the Far North: 6 July
  • 25 September 1906
  • Interim
  • Via St John's to St Anthony: 31 October
  • 13 November 1907
  • We Prepare for Winter: 14
  • 25 November 1907
  • Some Britishers and a Bostonian: 26 November 1907
  • 1 January 1908
  • Landing of the Reindeer: 2-10 January 1908
  • Dr Grenfell Arrives: 11-25 January 1908
  • Work and Play: 26 January
  • 18 April 1908
  • To the Gates of Death: 19-25 April 1908
  • The Abode of Peace: 26 April
  • 29 May 1908
  • The Summer Invasion: 14 June
  • 10 September 1908
  • Preparation for Exodus: 12 September
  • 8 November 1908
  • Part Two
  • Introductory
  • Again to St Anthony: 3 October 1909
  • 1 January 1910
  • Dr Grenfell Brings His Bride: 4-24 January 1910
  • Winter Activities: 2 February
  • 17 July 1910
  • Farther North: 18 July
  • 15 August 1910
  • Moravian Missions and Eskimos: 16-31 August 1910
  • Voyage on the "Holy Roller": Hopedale to St Anthony 3 September
  • 23 October 1910
  • Retrospect
  • Afterword, 1952
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index