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　　While many people dream of abandoning civilization and heading

into the wilderness, few manage to actually do it. 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. 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. Covering 300 miles

over a harsh winter, they experienced an unexplored realm of nature

at its most intense and faced numerous challenges. Merrick

accidentally shot himself in the thigh and almost cut off his toe.

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 through

such surprisingly daunting tasks as fabricating sunglasses to avoid

snow blindness and learning to wash underwear without it freezing.

Merrick’s intimate style, rich with narrative detail, brings

readers into a dramatic story of survival and shares the lesson the

Merricks learned: that the greatest satisfaction in life can come

from the simplest things.

Map of Labrador

Introduction

Awakening

New Life

Bittersweet

Home

About the Author

　　Elliott Merrick was born in Montclair, New Jersey, the son of

a New York-commuting executive. After graduating from Phillips

Exeter Academy and Yale University, Merrick took a job as a

reporter with the Passaic Daily News. In 1928 he became assistant

advertising manager for the National Lead Company, his father’s

company, but Merrick seemed to have nature in his blood and, in

1929, he left the business world behind and joined the Grenfell

Mission in Labrador, Canada, as a summer WOP (Worker without Pay).

He loved Labrador and its people and was able to stay in the region

by taking a teaching assignment for the Mission in Northwest River.

It was there that he met and fell in love with the Mission’s

resident nurse, Australian-born Kate (Kay) Austen, whom he married

in 1930. They lived for a brief time in a small cabin near the

current site of the huge Goose Bay Airport. After a number of

adventures in Labrador, the Merricks returned to the United States,

living in New Jersey and Vermont during the middle of the

depression. Elliott Merrick later taught English at the University

of Vermont. He is the author of seven other books, including the

best-selling Northern Nurse.

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While many people dream of abandoning civilization and heading into the wilderness, few manage to actually do it. 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. 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. Covering 300 miles over a harsh winter, they experienced an unexplored realm of nature at its most intense and faced numerous challenges. Merrick accidentally shot himself in the thigh and almost cut off his toe. 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 through such surprisingly daunting tasks as fabricating sunglasses to avoid snow blindness and learning to wash underwear without it freezing. Merrick’s intimate style, rich with narrative detail, brings readers into a dramatic story of survival and shares the lesson the Merricks learned: that the greatest satisfaction in life can come from the simplest things.