| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 78 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In 1842 at York Factory, the English-born missionary James Evans built a lightweight tin canoe that glittered and shone in the sunlight. Wherever he went, Native peoples called the canoe his "Shining Island" or "His Island of Light."Travels in the Shining Island chronicles important events in the life of the extraordinary Methodist missionary, James Evans (1801-1846). It was Evans who created a written alphabet in native languages that remains in use to the present time. Truly the first printer/publisher in the Canadian Northwest, his story is one of incredible courage, perseverance and unwave. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; Credits. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Evans, James, 1801-1846.
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Evans, James, 1801-1846. |
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Missionaries -- England -- Biography.
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Missionaries. |
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England. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Cree Indians -- Missions.
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Cree Indians -- Missions. |
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Cree Indians. |
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Missionaries -- Northwest, Canadian -- Biography.
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Missions, English -- Northwest, Canadian -- History.
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Missions, English. |
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History. |
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Cree language -- Writing.
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Cree language. |
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Writing. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burford-Mason, Roger. Travels in the Shining Island. Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, 1996 1896219160 9781896219165 (DLC) 97121956 (OCoLC)37277704 |
| ISBN |
9781554880874 (electronic book) |
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1554880874 (electronic book) |
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9781459714991 (electronic book) |
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1459714997 (electronic book) |
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1896219160 |
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9781896219165 |
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