Another Country, Another Life
Calumny, Love, and the Secrets of Isaac Jelfs
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Dundurn Group Ltd
Published:6th Jun '13
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
Weight: unknown
328 pages