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Wilson, R.E.
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Darby, Joseph.
Government employees -- Nova Scotia -- Sable Island -- Biography.
Shipwrecks -- Nova Scotia -- Sable Island.
Sable Island (N.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
Sable Island (N.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Sable Island (N.S.) -- Biography.
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Wilson, R.E.
Darby, Joseph.
Government employees -- Nova Scotia -- Sable Island -- Biography.
Shipwrecks -- Nova Scotia -- Sable Island.
Sable Island (N.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
Sable Island (N.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Sable Island (N.S.) -- Biography.
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Joseph
Darby
: a
man
of
Sable
Island
/ R.E. Wilson.
by
Wilson, R.E.
Lucky Sprout Press, c2021.
Call #:
971.699 W746j
Subjects
Darby
,
Joseph
.
Government employees -- Nova Scotia --
Sable
Island
-- Biography.
Shipwrecks -- Nova Scotia --
Sable
Island
.
Sable
Island
(N.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
Sable
Island
(N.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Sable
Island
(N.S.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781777566722 (lib. bdg.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
192 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"The true story of
Sable
's most controversial superintendent" --Cover.
Summary:
"In 1801, the Canadian government set a lifesaving establishment of
Sable
Island
. Somebody had to be in charge. That's how the role of Superintendent of
Sable
Island
came to be. In the early 1800s, the
Darby
family found work running the supply ship between mainland Nova Scotia and the remote
Sable
Island
outpost.
Joseph
Darby
, the eldest son, became a master of navigating the treacherous waters around "The Graveyard of the North Atlantic", and eventually rose up to be in charge of the
island
and its inhabitants. In this true story dug up from the Nova Scotia Archives,
Joseph
Darby
's tale is unravelled to rewrite the legacy that, until now, has only remembered him as the most notorious superintendent ever to run the lifesaving establishment.
Joseph
Darby
: a
man
of
Sable
Island
is a biography of a litle known figure in Canadian history who was responsible for saving thousands of lives from wrecks around
Sable
Island
. For the first time, his story is presented in ful and features his own words, revealing the highs and lows of a life spent in isolated duty." --Back cover.
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