Lone voyager : the extraordinary adventures of Howard Blackburn hero fisherman of Gloucester / Joseph E. Garland.
Lone voyager : the extraordinary adventures of Howard Blackburn hero fisherman of Gloucester / Joseph E. Garland.
By
:
Garland, Joseph E.
Publication Date
:
2000, 1963
Publication Information
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New York : Simon & Schuster,
Edition
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1st Touchstone ed.
Physical Description
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330 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Ocean travel.
Boats and boating.
Sailing, Single-handed.
Geographic Term
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Newfoundland and Labrador.
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
:
Like countless Gloucester fishermen before and since, Howard Blackburn and Tom Welch were trawling for halibut on the Newfoundland banks in an open dory in 1883 when a sudden blizzard separated them from their mother ship. Alone on the empty North Atlantic, they battled towering waves and frozen spray to stay afloat. Welch soon succumbed to exposure, and Blackburn did the only thing he could: He rowed for shore. He rowed five days without food or water, with his hands frozen to the oars, to reach the coast of Newfoundland. Yet his tests had only begun. So begins Joe Garland's extraordinary account of the hero fisherman of Gloucester.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780684872636
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Conception Bay South (ACS) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 910.4 G18 | Checked In |
Corner Brook (WCB) | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.4 G18 | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 910.4 G18 | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 910.4 G18 | NonCirculating |