Thursday, July 10, 2008

Letter from Dillon Wallace of Hubbard's death in Labrador in the New York Times archive, May 24, 1904


HUBBARD'S TERRIBLE DEATH IN LABRADOR; Letter from Dillon Wallace Tells of Starvation.

New York Times
March 24, 1904, Thursday


The first authentic information of the death of Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., the magazine writer, who starved to death in the interior of Labrador in October last, was received in this city yesterday.

Read the rest here.

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The story of Leonidas Hubbard's death was told by Dillon Wallace in Lure of the Labrador Wild. The unabridged audio book edition of Lure of the Labrador Wild, narrated by Jody Richardson is available from Rattling Books.