Blackstrap Hawco : said to be about a Newfoundland family / Kenneth J. Harvey.
Blackstrap Hawco : said to be about a Newfoundland family / Kenneth J. Harvey.
By
:
Harvey, Kenneth J. (Kenneth Joseph), 1962-
Publication Date
:
2008
Publication Information
:
[Toronto?] : Random House Canada,
Physical Description
:
829 p.
Subject Term
:
Family -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 827-829).
Summary
:
Named in a moment of anger, Blackstrap Hawco is heir to an island dominion picked over by its adoptive nation. From the arrivals of the indentured Irish to the Victorian drawing rooms of the English merchants, from the perilous seal hunt to the raucous iron ore mines, from a notorious disaster at sea to the relocation of outport communities, the family legend might be all his people have left to live for. But as Blackstrap Hawco – a novel that will consume you in its dazzling swirl of voices, legends and beautiful hearsay – testifies, a story this haunting, this powerful, might just be enough.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780679314295
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Burin | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
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Cormack | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
Corner Brook | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
Daniel's Harbour | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
Deer Lake | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
Fogo Island | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
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Glenwood | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
Harbour Grace | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
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Holyrood | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
Labrador City | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
Lark Harbour | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL | Adult Fiction NL | FIC HAR | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT FIC NL - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction NL - Basement | FIC HAR | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC HAR | hc |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC HAR | hc, signed copy |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC HAR | sc |
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