At Slippers 'n Things we carry a variety of books and magazines such as Them Days and the Labrador Life Magazine. Below you will find descriptions of some of the books we carry.

"It's always the way, Wallace," Hubbard implored his friend. "When a fellow starts out on the long trail, he's never willing to quit. It'll be the same with you if you go with me to Labrador....". So began the improbable collaboration between an ambitious young writer, Leonidas Hubbard, and forty-year-old New York attorney, Dillon Wallace. They set off in the late spring of 1903 with George Elson, an Indian guide with no first hand knowledge of their destination - the incompletely mapped Lake Michikamau region of interior Labrador. Beset by delays, the men paddle past their intended route, the Naskaupi River, and head up the dreadful Susan River instead. When in early September they finally glimpse the vast waters of Michakamau from atop an unknown mountain, the cold winds have already begun. With almost no food left the three begin a desperate struggle against starvation and the quickening pace of a cruel winter, heading homeward in a race for their lives.

This book retails for $15.95 cdn

"This is a wonderful book. Carol Brice-Bennett combines a deep love for the people of Labrador and a passionate concern for their future with an extensive knowledge of their past. Hopedale is a microcosm of Labrador: her history of the community and its people is an important addition to the Labrador canon. And it's a joy to read, in the bargain."
The Honorable Edward Roberts
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador

This book retails for $24.95 cdn

By Lydia Campbell with a foreword by Doris Saunders and original art by Labrador Artists

This book retails for $19.95 cdn

Edited and with an introduction by William Rompkey

This book retails for $22.95 cdn

Originally published in 1973 and now a Nimbus Classic, Woman of Labrador is Elizabeth Goudie's enduring and candid story of her pioneering life as a trapper's wife in the early 1900s. She was left alone much of the year to rear eight children while her husband worked the traplines, providing furs for their meagre income. Independent and resourceful, Elizabeth fulfilled multiple roles as homemaker, doctor, cook, hunter, shoemaker, and seamstress for her growing family, who provided companionship during long winters of isolation in her husband's absence.

This book retails for $14.00 cdn