The Joy of the Snow: An Autobiography

The joy of the snow: An autobiography

Goudie, Elizabeth

Literature & Fiction

Coward Mc Cann

Woman of Labrador

Book Society

History

Americas

P. Martin Associates

In 1920 Elizabeth Goudie was the first recorded woman to record the life of the Labrador trapper's wife, mostly alone raised eight children, trapped, sewed, fished hunted, made clothing and furniture, coped with wild animals, disease and death. With abundant good humor this is her life.

Originally published in 1973, Woman of Labrador is Elizabeth Goudie's enduring and candid story of her pioneering life as a trapper's wife in the early 1900s. She was left alone much of the year to rear eight children while her husband worked the traplines, providing furs for their meagre income. Independent and resourceful, Elizabeth filled multiple roles as homemaker, doctor, cook, hunter, shoemaker, and seamstress for her growing family. In the span of eighty years, she witnessed radical changes to Labrador, such as the construction of an airport at Goose Bay during the Second World War. Where once there had been pride and contentment in a harmonious relationship with the land, there came displacement and despair as the wilderness was overtaken by military and industrial projects. One of Elizabeth Goudie's greatest triumphs was her steady pride in Labrador, her "country," and her ideal of peace among neighbours. Her memoir is not about bitterness and defeat but courage and love, recounted with pride and humour. In 1975, Elizabeth was awarded an honorary degree from Memorial University. She died in Happy Valley, Labrador, in 1982.

Biographies & Memoirs

Nimbus Pub Ltd

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