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At first an evangelical missionary of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, Grenfell would become the instrument of philanthropic movements on both sides of the Atlantic and a beloved symbol of unselfish service.
Brief description: RONALD ROMPKEY is Associate Professor of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Review Quotes: A portrait of a complex man whose genius was made of equal parts of maddening child and authoritarian adult, Victorian dreamer and twentieth-century achiever.' - Timothy Findley, Globe and Mail