Roger Burford Mason: 1 book
Travels in the Shining Island
The Story of James Evans and the Invention of the Cree Syllabary Alphabet
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 1996
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...
