Duncan Pryde

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Trapper, explorer and writer Duncan Pryde joined the merchant navy at the age of 15. At the age of 18, he took up a position as a fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company, working for three years in northern Manitoba and Ontario. He was then transferred to the Arctic, where he learned to speak Eskimo. He was taught to harpoon seal and hunt caribou in the traditional Eskimo way. He subsequently worked for the Council of the Northwest Territories, but later lived as a trapper.

Obituary, Trappers, Pryde, Duncan

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A biographer's backyard

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Author Michael Holroyd feels that his decision to write his family history, entitled 'Basil Street Blues,' stemmed from feelings that developed over many years. The need to tackle this work became particularly insistent after he finished his biography of Bernard Shaw. He made use of hand-written accounts written by his parents in the late 1970s at his request, but emphasizes that at that time he did not realize that these accounts would subsequently assist him.

Authors, Writers, Interview, Holroyd, Michael

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