The Legend Of John Hornby

Whalley, George

London, England, 1962

By John Murray
$55.00 USD
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Hardcover with dust jacket, 367 pages, 5.50x8.75 in. [14x22 cm.], illustrated, folding maps.
Condition

Dust jacket chipped, edgeworn, creased, stained and rubbed.
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George Whalley's biography of the northern wanderer John Hornby traces his life from his early years in England to his travels through the Northwest Territories, culminating in the fatal 1926–27 expedition on the Thelon River with Edgar Christian and Harold Adlard. Drawing on Hornby's journals, correspondence, unpublished papers, and the recollections of family members, friends, explorers, missionaries, and government officials, Whalley examines both the historical record and the development of Hornby's reputation in the Canadian North. 
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