num_pages: 295
description: In 1929, at the age of 24, Elliott Merrick left his position as an advertising executive in New Jersey and headed up to Labrador to work as an unpaid volunteer for the Grenfell Mission. In 1933 he wrote True North about his experiences in the northern wilderness, living and working with trappers, Indians and with the nurse he met and married in a remote community. The book describes the hard work and severe conditions, along with the joy and friendship he and his wife experienced.
language: English
title: True North: A Journey into Unexplored Wilderness
titlecomplete: True North: A Journey into Unexplored Wilderness
genres: Travel, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 130
publisher: Heron Dance Press