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Sail the wild seas : stories of the North Atlantic / Robert C. Parsons.

by Parsons, Robert Charles, 1944-

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Flanker Press, 2018.

Shipwrecks -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.

Shipwreck survival -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.

Seafaring life -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.

Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.

9781771176620 (lib. bdg.)

Alternate title:

Stories of the North Atlantic

xi, 226 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Hedley Lake, survivor of the SS Caribou -- The Orion is missing -- Derelicts of the Atlantic -- An epic of the sea -- The unusual adventures of the Kromhout -- Heroism at Portuguese Cove -- Saved on Sunday... with God's grace -- Newfoundlanders on the fame -- A sea mystery solved -- Fifty-five hours marooned on an ice pan -- Lightning strikes again, and again, and again -- Yankee notions -- The tragic footnote to the Monterey's wreck -- Two brave Newfoundlanders -- Fire on the Caspar -- A survivor speaks : the wreck of the Canima -- A survivor speaks : The wreck of the Canima -- The year of the great storm -- An outstanding feat on a lucky day -- Adrift : a story of endurance and luck -- Saved by British steamers -- The Newfoundland who returned a favour -- The days before Christmas : wreck of the Milton.

"From fire, shipwrecks, submarine attacks, rocks, and fog, to thrilling rescue operations, these twenty-three stories of chances taken on the ocean delve into the depths of that great element of nature lapping at our doorstep. Sail the Wild Seas presents tales of the sea that are sure to thrill all who are drawn by the incredible lure of the North Atlantic." --back cover.

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