Travels in the Shining Island: The Story of James Evans and the Invention of the Cree Syllabary Alphabet

by Roger Burford Mason

In 1842 at York Factory, the English-born missionary James Evans built a lightweight tin canoe that glittered and shone in the sunlight. Wherever he went, Native peoples called the canoe his "Shining Island" or "His Island of Light."

Travels in the Shining Island chronicles important events in the life of the extraordinary Methodist missionary, James Evans (1801-1846). It was Evans who created a written alphabet in native languages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896219160
• ISBN13: 9781896219165
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Natural Heritage Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"