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Shipwrecks -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- History
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Caplan, Ronald
Shipwrecks -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- History
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Great
Cape
Breton
shipwreck
stories
/ collected with an introduction by Ronald Caplan.
by
Caplan, Ronald
Breton Books c2017.
Call #:
971.69 G786
Subjects
Shipwrecks -- Nova Scotia --
Cape
Breton
Island -- History
ISBN:
9781926908052 (pbk.)
Description:
vii, 171 p. [6] p. of plates : photos ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction -- Journal of the voyage and wreck of the Auguste, 1761 / by Saint-Luc de la Corne -- Wreck of the Astraea at Little Lorraine, 1834 / from H. W. Crawley's report -- A North Sydney Harbour tragedy, 1874 / by Elva Jackson -- The inquiry into the Dorcas and the Etta Stewart, 1893 / by Senator Michael MacDonald -- Wreck of the Ariadne, Neil's Harbour, 1896 / by Lillian Crewe Walsh -- Wreck of the Watford at Schooner Pond, 1932 / by Sara MacLean -- Shipwrecks on the Fourchu-Framboise Coast, 1912-1967 / guide Michael MacDonald -- The wreck of the Hurry On near Judique, Inverness County, 1935 / by Euphemia Malcolm MacEachern -- Sinking of the Caribou Ferry, 1942 -- Fishermen Rescue American Seamen at Louisbourg, 1943 / by Jean Kyte, including conversations with Charlie Bagnell and Ed Levy -- Walter Boudreau: The Louisbourg rescue, and the sinking of the Schooner Angelus, 1943 -- Aboard the wreck of the Kismet II at Meat Cove, 1955 / by John Angus Fraser -- The sinking of the Patrick Morris - One sailor's day -- Notes.
Summary:
"From the gut-wrenching trek of the survivors of the Auguste to John Angus Fraser's hilarious adventures aboard the abandoned Kismet II, to Walter Boudreau's harrowing days adrift in a lifeboat and the sinking of two Newfoundland ferries - this book is an astonishing tribute to the tradition of
Cape
Breton
storytelling. Filled with courage and humanity, these are 18
stories
of people determined to live, told by people determined to keep these
stories
alive. Includes 35 photographs."--Back cover
Other authors:
Caplan, Ronald, 1942-
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Adult Nonfiction
971.69 G786
Core Collection - Adult
Adult Display 1
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971.69 G786
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