THE STORY OF GRENFELL OF THE LABRADOR

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The Story of Grenfellof the Labrador

A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell

By

DILLON WALLACE,

Author of "Grit-a-Plenty," "The Ragged InletGuards," "Ungava Bob," etc., etc.

ILLUSTRATED

New York         Chicago
Fleming H. Revell Company
London and Edinburgh

Copyright, 1922, by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY

New York: 158 Fifth Avenue
Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
London: 21 Paternoster Square
Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street

Foreword

In a land where there was no doctor and no school, and through an evilsystem of barter and trade the people were practically bound toserfdom, Doctor Wilfred T. Grenfell has established hospitals andnursing stations, schools and co-operative stores, and raised thepeople to a degree of self dependence and a much happier condition oflife. All this has been done through his personal activity, and istoday being supported through his personal administration.

The author has lived among the people of Labrador and shared some oftheir hardships. He has witnessed with his own eyes some of themarvelous achievements of Doctor Grenfell. In the following pages hehas made a poor attempt to offer his testimony. The book lays no claimto either originality or literary merit. It barely touches upon thefield. The half has not been told.

He also wishes to acknowledge reference in compiling the book to oldfiles and scrapbooks of published articles concerning Doctor Grenfelland his work, to Doctor Grenfell's book Vikings of Today, and tohaving verified dates and incidents through Doctor Grenfell'sAutobiography, published by Houghton Mifflin & Company, of Boston.

D.W.

Beacon, N.Y.

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