[PDF.35xy] Perished: The 1914 Newfoundland Seal Hunt Disaster

Perished: The 1914 Newfoundland Seal Hunt Disaster

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 | #4425428 in Books |  2014-03-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.00 x.30 x9.00l,1.74 | File type: PDF | 60 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting, but maybe has too many distractions.|By Douglas Goss|Perished by Higgins recounts the Newfoundland sealing disaster of 1914 and gives a glimpse into the life of sealers and sailors involved in the annual cull of seals of the ice floes off Newfoundland shores. The book relies heavily on the log of William Coaker, more like a modern day blog, as Coaker describes con|About the Author||Jenny Higgins is a writer and researcher living in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her work has been published in newspapers and magazines, on Memorial University's Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web Site, and broadcast on CBC Radio.

In March 1914, 132 men from the SS Newfoundland scrambled onto the treacherous North Atlantic ice floes to hunt seals. Lost in a sudden blizzard, the sealers wandered for two days and nights before rescue. Only 55 made it back alive. This disaster had a deep and lasting effect; one hundred years later, the story still resonates.

Perished traces the events leading up to, during, and after the tragedy, revisiting the horrors of those days and night...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Perished: The 1914 Newfoundland Seal Hunt Disaster   |  Jenny Higgins. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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