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Jim Lotz

Born

in Liverpool , The United Kingdom

January 12, 1929

Died

January 02, 2015

Genre

History, Biography, Fiction

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After fulfilling his national service in the Royal Air Force, Jim Lotz graduated from Manchester University in 1952 and worked for a British trading company in Nigeria. In Kano, during a riot, he rescued a man from a mob and received an award for bravery. He emigrated to Canada in 1954 and enrolled at McGill University where he received his Master of Science and landed a summer job at Mcill's Subarctic Research Laboratory in Knob Lake, Quebec. He spent five summers as a meteorological and glaciological observer and wrote about it years later in The Best Journey in the World.

In 1959 he met Pat Wicks, they married and had two daughters.

In 1964 Jim enrolled in the PhD program in geography at the University of British Columbia but left after ...more

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Jim Lotz’s books

Average rating: 3.3 · 27 ratings · 8 reviews · 39 distinct works

	Father Jimmy Life and Times of Jimmy Tompkins by Jim Lotz, Michael R. Welton 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canadian Pacific really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canada's Forgotten Arctic Hero: George Rice and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition 1881-1884 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canadians at War really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Humble Giant: Moses Coady, Canada's Rural Revolutionary 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Horizons: Forests and Foresters of Nova Scotia really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killing in Kluane it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cape Breton Island ([The] Islands [series]) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sixth of December liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 19681	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Head, Heart & Hands: Craftspeople in Nova Scotia liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars