{"product_id":"newfoundland-journey-into-a-lost-nation-9780771061424","title":"Newfoundland: Journey into a Lost Nation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNewfoundland: Journey into a Lost Nation\u003c\/strong\u003e by Crummey, Michael. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780771061424.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreg Locke had been away from Newfoundland for years, working as a photojournalist in Canada, the United States, and in many of the world’s most troubled regions, when he decided to go home – and stay. The photographs in Newfoundland were taken over a period of more than a decade. They chronicle the passage of Canada’s easternmost province from a time when cod were still plentiful and the fishery shaped the lives of most of the island’s inhabitants, to the present, when a vibrant economy, propelled by oil and mineral development, is recasting the island’s identity in a new mould.\n\nWhat Locke’s photographs reveal is at once forward-looking and nostalgic, beautiful and harsh. Above all, his Newfoundland ispopulated by survivors: a people who are resourceful, funny, resilient, and strong.\n\nPoet and novelist Michael Crummey draws upon deep-seated memories of his own and of his father’s experience to evoke passing traditions and a disappearing way of life. But, just as Locke’s photographs reveal the emergence of a new, more urban and cosmopolitan Newfoundland, so does Crummey’s writing emphasize the continuing sense of belonging and the determination to persevere that are characteristic of his compatriots. He writes admiringly of a “culture deep enough to accommodate a world of influences without surrendering what makes it unmistakably of this place. Something alive and leaning towards the future.” This book embodies both a vision and a voice of rare power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44977519820853,"sku":"ByrdShop_0771061420","price":59.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780771061424_4841c681-89ce-41f6-a6d4-67570c4e9b69.jpg?v=1778890832","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/newfoundland-journey-into-a-lost-nation-9780771061424","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}