Heart So Hungry

by Randall Silvis

  SOURCE MATERIAL

  Elson, George. Narrative of 1903 Labrador expedition, published in A Woman’s Way Through Unknown Labrador by Mina Hubbard. John Murray, London, 1908.

  ——Unpublished diary, microfilm copy. National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, reference #R1648–0-6-E, A-26.

  Hubbard, Leonidas Jr. Diary of 1903 Labrador expedition, microfilm copy. National Archives of Canada. Portions published in Outing Magazine (March 1905, pp. 648–89) and A Woman’s Way Through Unknown Labrador (pp. 239–85).

  Hubbard, Mina. A Woman’s Way Through Unknown Labrador. John Murray, London, 1908.

  ——“Labrador, from Lake Melville to Ungava Bay,” Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, 38:9, 1906, pp. 529–39.

  ——“My Explorations in Unknown Labrador,” Harper’s Monthly Magazine, May 1906, pp. 813–23.

  Hubbard, Mina. Unpublished diary of 1905 Labrador expedition, microfilm copy. National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, reference #R1648–0-6-E, A-26.

  Stanton, Leigh. Unpublished diary of 1905 Labrador expedition. Transcript copy prepared and edited by Craig Monk. Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s. Collection 244, 3.02.006.

  Wallace, Dillon. The Lure of the Labrador Wild. Fleming H. Revell Company, New York, 1905.

  ——The Long Labrador Trail. Outing Publishing, New York, 1907.

  ——“Dillon Wallace Succeeds,” Outing Magazine, February 1906, pp 659–60.

  RANDALL SILVIS is the author of nine books of fiction. A Senior Fulbright Fellow and Thurber House writer-in-residence, his many awards include the prestigious Drue Heinz Literature Prize, three National Playwrights Showcase Awards and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and their two sons.

  VINTAGE CANADA EDITION, 2005

  Copyright © 2004 Randall Silvis

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  LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION

  Silvis, Randall, 1950–

  Heart so hungry : a woman’s extraordinary journey into the Labrador wilderness / Randall Silvis.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-36593-4

  1. Hubbard, Leonidas, Mrs—Fiction. 2. Hubbard, Leonidas,

  1872–1903—Fiction. 3. Wallace, Dillon, 1863–1939—Fiction.

  4. Labrador (N.L.)—Fiction. I. Title.

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  Many of the photographs in this book are reprinted courtesy of The Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland. The 1903 photos are from the Dillon Wallace Collection (COLL-244) and most of the 1905 photos are from the Mina Hubbard Collection (COLL-241). Additional photographs have been reprinted from A Woman’s Way Through Unknown Labrador.

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