History Post-confederation (1867-)
Domino
The Eskimo Coast Disaster
- Publisher
- Flanker Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2006
- Category
- Post-Confederation (1867-)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894463805
- Publish Date
- Sep 2006
- List Price
- $16.95
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Description
Domino tells a compelling tale that was almost lost: the true story of a deadly hurricane that devastated Labrador's Eskimo Coast in the fall of 1885. Fishermen and their families on their way home from a hard summer's work were caught in the fierce winds and waves. Sixty-six ships were wrecked and over seventy people died, many of them women and children. And the after-effects of the completely unexpected storm were more far-reaching than anyone could imagine.?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
About the author
Maura Hanrahan is the author, co-author, or editor of ten books in several genres, including creative non-fiction, history, and the acclaimed The Doryman (2003). Her writing has won awards in Canada, Britain, and the U.S. Born in Newfoundland, she is of English, Irish, French and Mi’kmaq ancestry. For about fourteen years, she has been a self-employed consultant on Aboriginal issues and has worked mostly with Aboriginal organizations on health, education, land claims, and cultural survival issues. She lives in St. John’s with her husband, the novelist Paul Butler. She has won several book awards including: the 2007 Good Read Novel Competition: Honourable Distinction for Sheilagh’s Brush (unpublished novel); and the 2005 History and Heritage Award for Tsunami: The Newfoundland Tidal Wave Disaster.
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Unchained Man
The Arctic Life and Times of Captain Robert Abram Bartlett
Sheilagh's Brush
The Alphabet Fleet
The Pride of the Newfoundland Coastal Service
Rogues and Heroes
Tsunami
The Newfoundland Tidal Wave Disaster
The Doryman
A Veritable Scoff
Sources on Foodways and Nutrition in Newfoundland and Labrador