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  • Newfoundland Stories

    The Loss of the Waterwitch & Other Tales

    by Eldon Drodge ...
    The fourteen stories in this publication comprise a spectrum of characters and events that have helped forge an image of an island its people and its culture that is unique and compelling. Heroic deeds great achievements hardships and deprivation disasters superstitions and customs as well as the Beothuk saga and the indomitable character of our ancestors have all contributed to the making of the ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

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  • The Loss of the Marion

    by Linda Abbott ...
    The banking schooner Marion set sail from St. Jacques, Newfoundland, bound for St. Pierre, the home base of Captain Pierre Maurice, on June 10, 1915. The vessel and crew were never seen again. Many have speculated that the French captain had made good on his threat to end the life of Captain Ike Jones, but it was never proven. The Loss of the Marion tells the story from the point of view of Nellie ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • A Day on the Ridge

    by Gary Collins ...
    Among the bays, inlets, and communities of the province, author Gary Collins has earned a seat at the head of the table as Newfoundland and Labrador's favourite storyteller. Now, with six books under his belt, the “Story Man” from Hare Bay is ready to tell you a little bit about himself. The tales that make up this volume are pockets of memories taken from diary entries he recorded during the ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Four Degrees Celsius

    A Story of Arctic Peril

    by Kerry Karram ...
    This true story began in August 1929. A group of eight prospectors, led by C.D.H. MacAlpine of the Dominion Explorers, flew into the Arctic in search of mineral wealth. Grossly underequipped, the expedition ran out of fuel and was stranded above the Arctic Circle. Within days, Western Canada Airways sent a rescue team headed by Captain Andy Cruickshank, in what was to become the most extensive ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Where Eagles Lie Fallen: The Crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285 Gander Newfoundland

    The Crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285, Gander, Newfoundland

    by Gary Collins ...
    Where Eagles Lie Fallen is celebrated master storyteller Gary Collinss solemn tribute to the American servicemen and servicewomen who lost their lives aboard Arrow Air Flight 1285 when it crashed in Gander Newfoundland on December 12 1985. ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything

    by Martha Walls ...
    Series series Book of Everything
    From the number of kilometres of coastline, to the stories behind those unusual place names (hello Blow Me Down) to profiles of Danny Williams and Mary Walsh, no book is more comprehensive than the Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything.No book is more fun.Whether you're a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there simply is no other book that delivers the goods. If you love ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Fish For Dinner: Tales of Newfoundland and Labrador

    Tales of Newfoundland and Labrador

    by Paul O'Neill ...
    A collection of Newfoundland folk tales from beloved author Paul O'Neill ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Fishing Adventures on the Newfoundland Banks 1860

    by W V Wells ...
    A good description of a trip on the Rhody Carter out of Marblehead Massachusetts to the Grand Banks in search of Cod during the mid nineteenth century. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Not Too Long Ago: Stories of a Traditional Way of Life

    Stories of a Traditional Way of Life

    by Garry Cranford ...
    Not Too Long Ago is back by popular demand in this newly revised and expanded edition! In this volume, today's senior citizens talk about some of the more exciting and memorable moments of their lives growing up in Newfoundland and Labrador. Read these richly detailed biographies, and meet: Charlie Bown — Bell Island Miner Arthur Clarke — Ambulance Driver Howard Elliott — Big Game Outfitter ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Camp 13: Working in the Lumber Woods

    Working in the Lumber Woods

    by Byron White ...
    Inspired by True Events “Men who weren’t hard workers didn’t last long at the lumber woods.” Most people in Newfoundland and Labrador have someone in their family who has worked “in the woods.” Some of these workers were employed seasonally—they fished in the summer and headed to the lumber camps in the winter—while others were full-time loggers who worked year-round. Stan White runs Camp 13 on ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Last Farewell

    The Loss of the Collette

    by Gary Collins ...
    Inspired by True Events In 1934, North America lay stripped of its riches by a great depression. When the land refused to yield its bounty and the sea grew stingy, everyone in the Western World found it harder to survive, especially those in the isolated outports of Newfoundland. The Last Farewell tells the true story of a crew of logger-sailors who left their home port of Hare Bay aboard a two ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Cape Race

    Stories from the Coast that Sank the Titanic

    by Robert C. Parsons ...
    Many people on Canada’s east coast, the maritime regions, have experienced the temperament of the North Atlantic Ocean: beautiful, moody, mysterious. The cold Atlantic has a capacity, with its tremendous force and power, to take human life seemingly at will; however, it has also spared lives and allowed miraculous escapes. Since the phenomenon of the 1997 hit movie Titanic, more people than ever ... Read more

    $4.99 USD