Travels in the Shining Island: The Story of James Evans and the Invention of the Cree Syllabary Alphabet by Roger Burford Mason

Travels in the Shining Island: The Story of James Evans and the Invention of the Cree Syllabary Alphabet

Roger Burford Mason

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nonfiction autobiography biography historical medium-paced
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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...

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