Dr. Grenfell's Parish: The Deep Sea Fisherman

The author chronicles the mission and methods of Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell and the Royal National Mission to Deep-Sea Fishermen, describing their medical, social, and spiritual outreach along the bleak coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. Through episodic sketches of voyages, hospital-ship service, winter journeys, and visits to outport settlements, the narrative presents cases of illness and injury, seafaring hazards, and everyday hardship, while tracing efforts to build hospitals, supply relief, and foster community resilience. Personal portraiture of the physician is balanced with vivid depictions of landscape, fishing life, and practical schemes to improve health and livelihood among isolated coastal people.