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Another Country, Another Life

Calumny, Love, and the Secrets of Isaac Jelfs

J Patrick Boyer author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Dundurn Group Ltd

Published:6th Jun '13

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A young law clerk from England falls in love in 19th-century New York and reinvents himself in Canada.

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.

This is a compelling life story, in terms of both history and mystery, with a richly drawn context about the fledgling province of Ontario in the early post-Confederation years. * The Bracebridge Examiner *
. . . a rare gem about early Canadian pioneers. -- Peter Mansbridge

ISBN: 9781459708402

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 25mm

Weight: 508g

328 pages