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Bounty: The Greatest Sea Story of Them All by Geoff D’Eon

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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.

Bearing Witness: Journalists, Record Keepers and the 1917 Halifax Explosion by Michael Dupuis

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6, 2017, signals the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, Canada’s worst Maritime tragedy to date. In mere seconds, a large portion of Halifax’s North End and waterfront were obliterated when the damaged munitions ship Mont Blanc exploded, killing 2,000 … Continue reading

Heroes of the Sea: Stories from the Atlantic Blue by Robert C. Parsons

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Bestselling author Robert C. Parsons presents more than fifty exciting stories of high-seas adventure, set mainly along the shores of Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1800s and 1900s, these are true stories of men and women who faced the dangerous … Continue reading

Left to Die: The Story of the SS Newfoundland Sealing Disaster by Gary Collins

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The story of the SS Newfoundland sealing disaster of 1914, in which 78 of 132 men died on the ice, is told in arresting fashion by Newfoundland author Gary Collins in Left to Die (2014, Flanker Press). Known as “The … Continue reading