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Leschak, Peter M ; Peter M. Leschak is the author of "Letters From Side Lake: A Chronicle of Life in the North Woods."

New York Times, 1988

New York, N.Y: New York Times Company

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Autor: Leschak, Peter M ; Peter M. Leschak is the author of "Letters From Side Lake: A Chronicle of Life in the North Woods."
Assuntos: BENNETT, BRUCE ; BOGARD, TRAVIS ; BRIEN, ALAN ; BRYER, JACKSON R ; Davidson, James ; DAVIDSON, JAMES WEST ; DENNIS, CARL ; Elson, George ; HALPERN, DANIEL ; Hubbard, Leonidas ; LESCHAK, PETER M ; Marcos, Ferdinand E ; Marcos, Imelda R ; MILLER, ARTHUR ; Nissenson, Hugh ; PASTAN, LINDA ; PROFFER, ELLENDEA ; Rugge, John ; Seagrave, Sterling ; Tomoyuki, Yamashita ; Wallace, Dillon
É parte de: New York Times, 1988
Descrição: In 1903, Hubbard, a ''rash, impulsive, and inexperienced'' young writer, struck out into then uncharted Labrador in a canoe. He was accompanied by a 40-year-old backwoods novice named Dillon Wallace, and George Elson, a part-Indian Canadian guide. Hubbard hoped to find a remote tribe of Naskapi Indians, map the desolate country and produce a marketable story. From the start the men endured torturous hardships, which are effectively rendered in the authors' clean, rifle-shot prose: ''The flies dove madly for any seam in Hubbard's clothing. They flew and crawled into his pantlegs, shirtsleeves, collar, and, with special ferocity, into his ears and eyes. The hordes were so thick it was impossible not to inhale a few, whence they buzzed angrily inside his nose and bombarded his throat until he gagged or swallowed them.'' What's clear is that these people were extraordinary individuals. They had the rare privilege of penetrating a new world, and in telling their poignant stories, the authors explore the factors that lead to tragedy or triumph, despair or exultation. Coloring and dramatizing it all is the untamed magnificence of Labrador. The raging cascades, impenetrable swamps and trackless forests are described through the senses of those explorers who both loved and feared them. ''Those loons,'' noted Elson, ''had a call so sad it would fly through the air straight to your heart.''
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