Boyer J. Patrick - Another Country Another Life Calumny Love And The Secrets Of Isaac Jelfs - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: Another Country Another Life Calumny Love And The Secrets Of Isaac Jelfs
Author(s): Boyer J. Patrick
Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
Barcode: 9781459708402
Pages: 328 Pages, Bibliography; Index; 42 Illustrations, Black And White; 5 Maps
Publication Date: 4/23/2013
Category: Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900