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Title: |
The Ladies, the Gwich'in, and the Rat |
| Sub-title: |
Travels on the Athabasca, Mackenzie, Rat, Porcupine, and Yukon Rivers in 1926 |
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| By (author): |
Clara Vyvyan Edited by: I.S. MacLaren, Lisa LaFramboise |
| ISBN10-13: |
0888643020 : 9780888643025 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
361 |
| Weight: |
.639 Kg. |
| Published: |
The University of Alberta Press - May 1998 |
| List Price: |
23.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Out of Print
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| Subjects: |
Biography: general : History of other lands : Gender studies: women : Sociology & anthropology : Travel writing : Canada |
| 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 / Prizes: |
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Banff Mountain Book Festival, Adventure Travel
1998
Canada
Short-listed
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Independent Publisher Book Awards, Travel
1998
United States
Short-listed
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| Reviews: |
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“This remarkable and very attractive volume leaves one wth a fresh and lively impression of the people and places of the North in a particular era. -- Bruce Greenfield, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
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“An informative double-voiced text that allows the reader to see what Vyvyan did not include from her field notes in her original publication.” -- Sherrill Grace, Canadian Literature
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