Death on the Ice
The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914
Each year, for generations, poor, ill-clad Newfoundland fishermen sailed out to the ice to hunt seals in the hope of a few pennies in wages from the prosperous merchants of St. John's. The year 1914 witnessed the worst in the long line of tragedies that were part of their harsh way of life. For two long days and nights a party of seal hunters-132 men-were left stranded on an icefield floating in the North Atlantic in winter. They were thinly dressed, with almost no food, and with no hope of shelter against the snow or the constant, bitter winds. To survive they had to keep moving, always moving. Those who lay down to rest died.…
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- ISBN: 978-0-385-68506-1
- EAN: 9780385685061
- Produktnummer: 17323081
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.7 cm 248 g
- Gewicht: 248
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Cassie Brown was a Newfoundlander, born and bred. A successful writer of stage and radio plays, she was also a reporter and columnist for the Daily News in St. John's for seven years. Her other works include A Winter's Tale and Standing Into Danger. Harold Horwood was also a native of Newfoundland. He is the author of several books.
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