Frederick Sleigh Farrar
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I found this story interesting and in a way refreshing: reading about temperatures in the minus 30s Celsius when you’re experiencing heat in the plus 30s is delightful. And as a snapshot in time, this book is interesting for its writing style, illustration, typesetting, and overall presentation.
On the negative side, some of the dialogue seemed a bit exposition-y or contrived to impart information to the audience. And while the crew of the St. Roch welcomed the opportunity to meet and trade with the Inuit in the communities they sailed to, the author’s description of them comes across as patronizing to a 21st-century reader.
I would recommend this for people who are really geeky about old books about Canadian history.… (meer)