Death on the ice : [kit] the great Newfoundland sealing disaster of 1914 / by Cassie Brown, with Harold Horwood.

Death on the ice : [kit] the great Newfoundland sealing disaster of 1914 / by Cassie Brown, with Harold Horwood.

By
: 
Brown, Cassie, 1919-1987.

Publication Date
: 
1972

Publication Information
: 
[Canada] : Anchor Canada,

Physical Description
: 
Books.+ 1 discussion question booklet + 1 biographical booklet.

Subject Term
: 
Sealing -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
 
Blizzards -- Newfoundland and Labrador.

Series
: 
BOOKCLUB KIT
 
BOOKCLUB KIT.

Additional Contributors
: 
Horwood, Harold, 1923-2006.

Summary
: 
An account of the bungling and greed that caused 120 men to be stranded for two days and two nights on an icefield drifting in the Atlantic. Describes the harsh, bloody trade of seal hunting among the icefields - where ships and men are expendable.

Audience
: 
For bookclub participants.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780385685061


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberCopyStatus
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Bookclub Kit NLBookclub Kit NL639.29 B81(10 copies)Checked In