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Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada Genealogy & History More Canadian Resources | More Newfoundland Resources BOOK - A Gentleman in the Outports- Gobineau and Newfoundland Edited and Translated by: Micheal Wilkshire. 
"I have not been able to paint a fishing settlement in a very attractive light because truth would in no way allow it, but that is only the material side of the situation...There is a very distinct charm in looking at these small societies of hard-working men, nearly always the same ones, who return to the coast spring after spring. The shoreman, the fisherman, the captain, the doctor, have faces that are interesting to observe and which are certainly not lacking in originality or power."These frank words of homage were written by Joseph Arthur de Gobineau following his tour of Atlantic Canada in 1859. Sent to Newfoundland as part of a British-French mission investigating fishing rights, Gobineau also visited St. Pierre and Nova Scotia prior to the formal enquiry. His travelogue, combined with diplomatic dispatches and a short story set in Newfoundland, provide a unique outsider's view of eastern Canadian culture. His trenchant and often moving descriptions of fisherfolk in remote settlements, a beleaguered native population, naval life in Halifax, the fishing and mining industries, and the pretensions of local "high society," still strike a responsive chord today. These enduring works by Gobineau are available for the first time in English in this volume. Editor and translator Micheal Wilkshire also provides a detailed introduction which places Gobineau within his historical and cultural context. 250 pp., Soft Cover, 6" x 9", 1993, ISBN 0-88629-215-8.
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