True North: A Journey Into Unexplored Wilderness Merrick Elliott
True North: A Journey Into Unexplored Wilderness Merrick Elliott While many people dream of abandoning civilization and heading into the wilderness, few manage to actually do it. First published by…
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True North: A Journey Into Unexplored Wilderness Merrick Elliott
While many people dream of abandoning civilization and heading into the wilderness, few manage to actually do it. First published by Scribner's in 1933, True North tells the captivating story of one of the high points of Merrick's years there: a hunting trip he and his wife, Kay, made with trapper John Michelin in 1930. One exception was twenty-four-year-old Elliott Merrick, who in 1929 left his advertising job in New Jersey and moved to Labrador, one of Canada's most remote regions.
Merrick accidentally shot himself in the thigh and almost cut off his toe. Covering 300 miles over a harsh winter, they experienced an unexplored realm of nature at its most intense and faced numerous challenges. Freezing cold and hunger were constant.
Nonetheless, the group found beauty and even magic in the stark landscape. The couple and the trappers bonded with each other and their environment