Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Labelle on Thwaites's Jesuit Relations Centenary
Posted by
Christopher Moore
Active History has a nice piece up from Kathryn Magee Labelle, making the hundredth anniversary of the death of Reuben Gold Thwaites an opportunity to riff on the charms of his translation and publication of The Jesuit Relations, still a prime gateway-drug drawing people into New France and aboriginal history studies.