“Freddy Frieda Goes to War: A Labrador Native’s Story”
by Earl B. Pilgrim
Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, the great Northern Doctor, arrived in Hopedale, Labrador in August 1915. It was his last trip before going to war as a medical doctor for the British army in a field hospital in France.
Grenfell had two jobs to do on this trip to Labrador. One was to treat the sick. The other was to deliver a message from the Government of Newfoundland to the Moravians along the coast.
Grenfell knew the message from the Government would break their hearts. So, for this reason he refused to deliver it to them.
However, while at Hopedale he met Frederick (Freddy) Frieda, a young Inuit hunter who could speak the German language fluently. Grenfell recruited Freddy for the Newfoundland Regiment and had him sent to England to train as a spy.
This is the story of what happened to Freddy Frieda, a young Inuit hunter from Hopedale, in the First World War. Freddy could speak the German language fluently and he was recruited by Dr. Wilfred Grenfell for the Newfoundland Regiment and then sent to England to train as a spy. A story you will always remember by Newfoundland and Labrador’s favourite storyteller, the one and only Earl B. Pilgrim.
The book is a softcover, and was published in St. John’s in 2012. It is 256 pages long, and also includes a few illustrations and photographs. Book is used, but in excellent condition; no writing, no stains or soiling, clean crisp cover & tight spine.
