Old and young ahead / by Abram Kean ; [edited by Shannon Ryan ; foreward by Sir Wilfred Grenfell].
Old and young ahead / by Abram Kean ; [edited by Shannon Ryan ; foreward by Sir Wilfred Grenfell].
By
:
Kean, Abram, 1855-1945.
Publication Date
:
2000
Publication Information
:
St. John's, N.L. : Flanker Press Ltd.,
Physical Description
:
149 p. : ill.
Subject Term
:
Sealing -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Sealers (Persons) -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Politicians -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Summary
:
A gale of wind in the winter in the North Atlantic when your sheets are frozen solid, your canvas blown to ribbons, and you have no way of knowing where you are in a heavily laden small schooner with all your own and perhaps your best loved one aboard off an ill-charted coast makes one feel humble in the presence of the unseen—and yet all that is manly and noble is challenged. 'They that go down to the sea in ships' don’t often write books; when they do I advise all my friends, especially professional storywriters, to read them. I heartily recommend Captain Kean’s book to every one of them.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781894463065
General Note
:
Reprint (with some additions) of the 1935 ed.
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy |
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Baie Verte | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Bay St. George South | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Bell Island | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Bonavista | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Botwood | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Brigus | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Burgeo | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Carbonear | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Centreville | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Change Islands | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Clarenville | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Cormack | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Corner Brook | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Corner Brook | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | Backroom |
Daniel's Harbour | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Deer Lake | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Fogo Island | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Fortune | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Gander | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | ADULT BIO NL - BACK RM | Adult Biography NL - Back Room | B K19 | |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Harbour Grace | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Hare Bay | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Harry's Harbour | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Lark Harbour | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Lewisporte | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Lumsden | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
New-Wes-Valley | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Placentia | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Port au Port | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Port Saunders | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Seal Cove | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Springdale | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
St. Anthony | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Biography NL Reference - Conservation Room | B K19 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Biography NL Reference - NL Room | B K19 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Biography NL Reference - Provincial Collection | B K19 | |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
St. Lawrence | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Summerford | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Torbay | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Trepassey | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Trinity Bay North | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |
Twillingate | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B K19 | |