A Journey to the Northern Ocean: The Adventures of Samuel Hearne

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TouchWood Editions, 2007 - Biography & Autobiography - 306 pages
Widely recognized as a classic of northern-exploration literature, A Journey to the Northern Ocean is Samuel Hearne's story of his three-year trek to seek a trade route across the Barrens in the Northwest Territories. Hearne was a superb reporter, from his anguished description of the massacre of helpless Eskimos by his Indian companions to his meticulous records of wildlife, flora and Indian manners and customs. As esteemed author Ken McGoogan points out in his foreword: Hearne demonstrated that to thrive in the north, Europeans had to apprentice themselves to the Native peoples who had lived there for centuries-a lesson lost on many who followed.

First published in 1795, more than two decades after Hearne had completed his trek, the memoir was originally called A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, and 1772. This Classics West edition brings a crucial piece of Canadian history back into print.

 

Contents

November 6th 1769 to December 11th 1769
17
August 13th 1770 to November 25th 1770
45
May 3rd 1771 to July 13th 1771
75
July 14th 1771 to August 5th 1771
107
August 1771 to December 24th 1771
133
January 9th 1772 to June 29th 1772
167
The Landscape and its People
203
An Account of Flora and Fauna
237
Index
301
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