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Theatre of fish: travels through Newfoundland and Labrador / John Gimlette

Theatre of fish: travels through Newfoundland and Labrador / John Gimlette

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Theatre of fish: travels through Newfoundland and Labrador / John Gimlette

by Gimlette, John

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London: Hutchinson, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: previous owner's inscription. Physical description: xiv, 365 pages, [16] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps; 24 cm. Summary: Abstract: Author revisits sites in Newfoundland and Labrador explored in summer of 1893 by great-grandfather, Eliot Curwen. Uses Curwen's journal as basis for discussion of traditional life of fishing communities, and description of existence in extreme climatic conditions. Subjects: Gimlette, John 1963- Travel Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador Description and travel. Newfoundland and Labrador Social life and customs.

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John Gimlette is a well-established travel writer, having won the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize and the Wanderlust Travel Writing Award. He writes regularly for a number of broadsheets. His first book, At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig: Travels Through Paraguay, was published in 2003 to massive critical acclaim. When not probing the extreme corners of the Earth he practices as a barrister in London.

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Title
Theatre of fish: travels through Newfoundland and Labrador / John Gimlette
Author
Gimlette, John
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
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Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0091795192
ISBN 13
9780091795191
Publisher
London: Hutchinson
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2005

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