Hubbard, Leonidas ___ 1872-1903 ___ American ___ writer

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Leonidas was born in Michigan, and educated at the University of Michigan. He worked for a Detroit newspaper and then moved to New York to work for newspapers there. In 1901 he married Mina Benson. Leonidas also wrote for 'Outing' magazine, an interest which inspired the idea of an expedition to Labrador. In 1903, with a friend, Dillon Wallace, and George Elson, he set out to journey across and chart an area stretching nearly 1,000 kilometres from North West River near Goose Bay to George River Post on Ungava Bay in northern Quebec. However, early on in the expedition, the team went along the wrong river and got lost. Leonidas died of starvation, but Wallace and Elson were eventually rescued. After his death, however, Mina became celebrated for planning and successfully completing a similar expedition. Extracts from Leonidas's diary are included in Mina's book about her expedition.
A biography link
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DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1903 ___ exploration weather health Canada

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Memorial University of Newfoundland

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
 

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