Another Country, Another Life
Calumny, Love, and the Secrets of Isaac Jelfs
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, History, Canada, Biography & Memoir, Reference
| Author: | J. Patrick Boyer | ISBN: | 9781459708426 |
| Publisher: | Dundurn | Publication: | March 30, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Dundurn | Language: | English |
| Author: | J. Patrick Boyer |
| ISBN: | 9781459708426 |
| Publisher: | Dundurn |
| Publication: | March 30, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Dundurn |
| Language: | English |
Quiet Isaac Jelfs led many lives: a scapegoated law clerk in England; a soldier in the mad Crimean War; a lawyer on swirling Broadway Avenue in New York. His escape from each was wrapped in deep secrecy. He eventually reached Canada, in 1869, with a new wife and a changed name. In his new home — the remote wilderness of Muskoka — he crafted yet another persona for himself. In Another Country, Another Life, his great-grandson traces that long-hidden journey, exposing Isaac Jelfs' covered tracks and the reasons for his double life.
Quiet Isaac Jelfs led many lives: a scapegoated law clerk in England; a soldier in the mad Crimean War; a lawyer on swirling Broadway Avenue in New York. His escape from each was wrapped in deep secrecy. He eventually reached Canada, in 1869, with a new wife and a changed name. In his new home — the remote wilderness of Muskoka — he crafted yet another persona for himself. In Another Country, Another Life, his great-grandson traces that long-hidden journey, exposing Isaac Jelfs' covered tracks and the reasons for his double life.
