The Mystery Ships of Nova Scotia in the First World War by John N. Grant
n 1917, a small fleet of six schooners sailed from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland ports as live bait for German U-boats.
n 1917, a small fleet of six schooners sailed from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland ports as live bait for German U-boats.
A story of adventure, betrayal, and resilience in Newfoundland set against the backdrop of the historical events of the American War of Independence.
Memories on the Bounty is a memoir of friendship in the face of memory loss, and of preserving one man’s story of an incredible year aboard the replica HMS Bounty.
Here are some “gift books” that will appeal to those that like history, photography, art and transportation, on land or water.
Land Beyond the Sea is a startlingly good feat of historical fiction, based on the torpedoing of the passenger ferry SS Caribou by U-69 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in October 1942.
Spanning four centuries, this is a story of romance, risk, exotic travel, cruelty, lust, loyalty, jealousy, misadventure, hubris, heroism and death. Fully illustrated with paintings, photographs and artifacts, this book tells one of the greatest sea stories of them all.
[dropcap]December [/dropcap]6, 2017, signals the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, Canada’s worst Maritime tragedy to …
Bestselling author Robert C. Parsons presents more than fifty exciting stories of high-seas adventure, set …
The story of the SS Newfoundland sealing disaster of 1914, in which 78 of 132 …