Labrador Doctor My Life with the Grenfell Mission

Name: Labrador Doctor My Life with the Grenfell Mission
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ISBN: 9781550283044

ISBN-10: 1550283049

ISBN-13: 9781550283044

Edition: 1989

Authors: W. A. Paddon

List price: $16.95

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Driving dog teams through the icy heart of a northern winter, bracing against the flimsy bulkhead of a frail ship battered by storms, removing an appendix on a heaving vessel while bluebottle flies buzz overhead--hard training for a future Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. Such conditions were routine, however, for the pioneering doctors of Sir Wilfrid Grenfell's medical mission. Tony Paddon here recounts the story of his remarkable life--from his Labrador childhood to his time in the RCN during World War Two and his service as a Grenfell doctor operating out of St. Anthony, Newfoundland and North West River, Labrador. Vivid and emotionally powerful, Paddon's book recounts…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication date: 4/29/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 225
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

In 1981 W.A. PADDON was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador and held the position until 1986. He died in 1995.