A fascinating tale of hardship and courage in the Canadian wilderness, drawing heavily on the diaries and published reports of the turn-of-the-century adventurers. Intrigued by the famous Labrador story, Rugge and West reconstruct, in novelistic detail, the original Hubbard-Wallace expedition that ended in the starvation of Leonidis Hubbard. Even more interesting is their account of the two rival groups who went to investigate the dissaster in 1905, one led by the surviving partner Wallace and the other Hubbard's widow Mina. High adventure (and romance!) by the authors of the Complete Wilderness Paddler.  (CND63, $17.00)