Nice old drawing

I’m reading an old book, “Glimpses of The Barren Lands” by Thierry Mallet, a very good little book, published in 1930 about his time in the Barrens. Anyway, this caught my eye and I’m assuming it’s a drawing.
I liked it so much, I ordered his only other book “Plain Tales of the North”, hoping for more images as this one.

As much as I love books of words, "books with pictures " are not just for kids. Illustrations really are worth a thousand words.

Great capture of life on a river in the Barrens.

Those are both good books.

If I remember correctly there was some controversy that many of the first hand accounts weren't actually from Mallet but rather that he took stories he'd been told and then used them in the first person for his book. Off the top of my head I can't remember the name of the fella most of the stories were attributed to. I'm pretty sure his first name was Del.

The history of that area can be very interesting to read about, especially since it seemed to involve a relatively small group of people. Reading one book will reference people you met in other books and shed new light. I really got into reading about it a few years ago and found all the different accounts fascinating. Lots of good books out there.

Alan

ppine said:

Great capture of life on a river in the Barrens.

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Except for the trees.....

Mason said:

Except for the trees.....

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There are no trees at all in the Barrens?

I don't know, never been there but I thought there was mention of small groves in sheltered pockets where Eskimos came down for wood for sleds and spears.

Transports one through time… thanks for sharing

hmm... awesome picture for sure but no PFD?! Better photoshop that one for the next printing.

Robin said:

There are no trees at all in the Barrens?

I don't know, never been there but I thought there was mention of small groves in sheltered pockets where Eskimos came down for wood for sleds and spears.

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Very sparsely situated. There are small groves very widely distributed, but I thought it odd to include trees near shore in a painting of the Barrens. One thing I found appealing, and to me, defining the sense of the Barrens, is that there is nothing out there.