Gaspé the Romantique
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Title |
Gaspé the Romantique
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Abstract |
A description of a 1934 summer family automobile trip around Gaspé. Part classic travelogue and part "love-letter" to the region, the author recounts for the reader the history, legends, and myths of the Gaspé and its storied past. It is also an examination of a long-isolated Gaspé in transition, with tales of the cod fishery that still dominated the local economy and where people relied on their ingenuity for survival. The author witnessed the "opening-up" of Gaspé in the inter-war years, where new roadways and rail lines had broken the splendid isolation of the region.
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Place |
New York
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Publisher |
Thomas Y. Crowell Company
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Date |
1936
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# of Pages |
xi-156p.
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Language |
en
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Notes |
See also Walter Charles Willett’s Gaspé the Romantique “Revisited”, a retracing of his ancestor’s 1934 travels around Gaspé during a three-week family vacation road trip in the summer of 2021, and his quest to discover his own Gaspé roots. |
Citation |
Willett Smith, Olive. Gaspé the Romantique. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1936.
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