Collision at dawn : and other thrilling stories of the sea / Robert C. Parsons.
Collision at dawn : and other thrilling stories of the sea / Robert C. Parsons.
By
:
Parsons, Robert Charles, 1944-
Publication Date
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2008
Publication Information
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St. John's, N.L. : Creative Publishers,
Physical Description
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231 p. : ill., map, ports.
Subject Term
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Shipwrecks -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Seafaring life -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Ships -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Navigation -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
:
"Truth is stranger than fiction." This old adage certainly applies to the schooners and steamers of Newfoundland and Labrador, and to the men that sailed them. Countless ships and sailors came to grief in Newfoundland and Labrador waters in the days before long-range forecasting and reliable navigational instruments. Anything that could conceivably have happened to a ship has happened along the shores of Canada's most easterly province. And more than likely it has been included in this volume of fifty-three tales of the sea, which span every coastline and range from the 1800s to the modern day.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781897174326
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Arnold's Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Baie Verte | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Bay Roberts | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Bay St. George South | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Bell Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Bonavista | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Botwood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Brigus | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Buchans | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Burgeo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Burin | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Cape St. George | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Carbonear | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Carmanville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Cartwright | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Centreville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Change Islands | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Clarenville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Codroy Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Conception Bay South | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Cormack | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Corner Brook | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Cow Head | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Daniel's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Deer Lake | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Fogo Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Fortune | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Fox Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Gambo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Gander | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Garnish | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Gaultois | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Glenwood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Glovertown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Greenspond | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Harbour Breton | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Harbour Grace | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Hare Bay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Harry's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Hermitage | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Holyrood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
King's Point - Tilley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Labrador City | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Lark Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Lewisporte | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Lourdes | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Lumsden | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
New-Wes-Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Norris Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Norris Point | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Old Perlican | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Pasadena | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Placentia | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Port au Port | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Port Saunders | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Pouch Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Ramea | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Robert's Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Rocky Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Seal Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
St. Alban's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
St. Anthony | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
St. Brides's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
St. George's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT NFIC NL - BASEMENT OVERFLOW | Adult Non-Fiction NL - Basement Overflow | 910.452 P25 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 910.452 P25 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | 910.452 P25 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 910.452 P25 | |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
St. Lawrence | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
St. Lawrence | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | NC |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Stephenville Crossing | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Summerford | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Torbay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Trepassey | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Trinity Bay North | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Twillingate | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Victoria | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Wabush | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Whitbourne | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Winterton | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |
Woody Point | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.452 P25 | |