Newfoundland Schooner: Norma & Gladys--Her Story of Industry, Mutiny, and Triumph

Cranford, Garry

Flanker Press

Before becoming Newfoundland's famous author of sea tragedies, Cassie Brown wrote hundreds of shortstories as a professional journalist. 
Twelve stories are presented here: Tales of shipwrecks, captains, sealers and sailors, and heroic women, all described by one of Newfoundland's most respected authors. 
Headlining this collection is an account of the sinking of the S.S. Caribou, torpedoed by German submarine U-69 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, killing 137 men, women and children, including Caption Ben Tavenor and his two sons. 
Also included is Cassie Brown's short story "DeathMarch," which she later developed into the best-selling book Death on the Ice. Another tale briefly describes the tragic S.S. Florizel disaster on Newfoundland's Southern Shore.

A Winter's Tale

Engineering & Transportation

Brown, Cassie

Transportation

The banking schooner Marion set sail from St. Jacques, Newfoundland, bound for St. Pierre, the home base of Captain Pierre Maurice, on June 10, 1915. The vessel and crew were never seen again. Many have speculated that the French captain had made good on his threat to end the life of Captain Ike Jones, but it was never proven.
The Loss of the Marion tells the story from the point of view of Nellie Myles, whose husband and brother-in-law were lost with fifteen other men. It recreates the events leading up to the day of the vessel's final voyage, and follows with Nellie's relentless search for the truth. The result is a rich tapestry of Newfoundland family life, culture, folklore, and seafaring history.
The Loss of the Marion delivers a chilling account of an event that changed the lives of many families . . . and shaped the lives of generations to come.

The Loss of the Marion

Linda Abbott

Warning: Graphic Content and Mature Subject MatterRosie O'Dell is a creature of beauty, brilliance . . . and unspeakable secrets. When she was young, terrible crimes had been committed against her. Tom Sharpe became Rosie O'Dell's high school sweetheart, and in revenge for the transgressions against her, the two young lovers committed their own crime of passion together, which ultimately ripped them apart.
Thirty years have now passed since Tom has seen his Rosie O'Dell, and the intervening years have been a source of endless torment for him. He has been torn between yearning for his lost love and wanting never to see her again. These days, Tom is a successful lawyer in the city of St. John's, but trouble seems to have a way of finding him. And now here she is: Rosie O'Dell has returned to ask for his help once more. Tom Sharpe will soon find out that his troubles are just beginning.
Critically acclaimed author Bill Rowes political memoir, Danny Williams: The War With Ottawa, was a Globe and Mail Bestseller. The novel Rosie O'Dell marks his long-awaited return to the realm of Canadian fiction, where fans will agree he is a master at the game.

Rosie O'Dell

Bill Rowe

"Some day the sun will shine and have not will be no more." These are the immortal words of Brian Peckford, who served as the third premier of Newfoundland, and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party from 1979 until his retirement in 1989. As one of Newfoundland's most committed and combative leaders, Mr. Peckford's clashes with the federal government - to wrest control of the province's natural resources - resulted in the groundbreaking Atlantic Accord of 1985, his greatest political triumph during the province's struggle for self-reliance in a post-Confederation era.
This memoir begins with Mr. Peckford's formative years growing up in outport Newfoundland. It gives all due praise to personal heroes of his, from the seasoned fishermen of La Poile and Pilley's Island to experienced politicos such as Minister William Marshall and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The past, present, and his vision for the future of Newfoundland and Labrador are revealed here, as well as his insights on Constitution-making and the varicoloured political careers of juggernauts like Joey Smallwood, John Crosbie, and René Lévesque.

Some Day the Sun Will Shine and Have Not Will Be No More

Brian Peckford

"Saltwater Joys" is perhaps one of the most popular and well-known songs to come out of Newfoundland and Labrador. Written by Wayne Chaulk of Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers, the song is a celebration of the simple pleasures of outport life.This beloved song is now available in book form, with Dawn Baker's stunning illustrations capturing the joys of living in Newfoundland. From enjoying quiet mornings in the cove, to admiring icebergs in the spring and brightly coloured leaves in the fall, to breathing in the salty ocean smells and watching the sun set over the water, the words to the song come alive within these pages.Complete with sheet music at the back, Saltwater Joys is as beautiful as the song that inspired it.

Saltwater Joys

Wayne Chaulk

Children's Books

Inspired by True Events
"Men who weren't hard workers didn't last long at the lumber woods."
Most people in Newfoundland and Labrador have someone in their family who has worked "in the woods." Some of these workers were employed seasonally - they fished in the summer and headed to the lumber camps in the winter - while others were full-time loggers who worked year-round.
Stan White runs Camp 13 on the southwestern side of Gander Lake, which is a commercial operation cutting pulpwood for Bowater Pulp and Paper. He and his brother, Allan, oversee the men employed by the company to ensure the camp runs smoothly. The camp had opened in the fall of 1949. Now, during its third year in operation, Stan has his work cut out for him, as Bowater has tasked Camp 13 with the delivery of 7,000 cords of pulpwood.
This historical novel captures a time and place in this province's not-too-distant past. Camp 13 illustrates in fine, well-researched detail the day-to-day friendships, struggles, triumphs, and tragedies of a hard-working people employed in a way of life that is long gone but never forgotten.

Camp 13: Working in the Lumber Woods

Byron White

In the early 1900s, Charles Noble Lewis and his family were prominent members of St. John's high society. A chief engineer who worked for Bowring Brothers, Charles fraternized with many of the key players who shaped Newfoundland and Labrador history as we know it today. The living room of the Lewis house served as a meeting place for many of the principals of the Newfoundland sealing industry, including William Coaker, Captain Abram Kean and his sons, Joseph and Westbury Kean, John Munn, and crew members and sealers from many ships.
In 1914, Charles's daughter Jessie was eight years old. A prolific diary writer, Jessie Lewis kept meticulous records of her father's conversations with these notaries whenever they visited their home on Pennywell Road. The Newfoundland disaster, which saw the greatest loss of life in the province's sealing history, is where Jessie's story begins. History remembers Abram Kean, the archetypal sealing captain, as the man accused by William Coaker of being responsible for recklessly leaving 132 men on the ice during that disaster, seventy-eight of whom froze to death during a violent storm. Later, a court of inquiry exonerated this "greatest seal killer of all time."
Culled from the personal diaries of Jessie Lewis, Captain Kean's Secret is the history of a family embroiled in one of St. John's best-known class struggles of the twentieth century - the bitter conflict between the fish merchants and the working class - and the true story of a young girl who recorded it all, including her own shocking revelation, which lies intertwined with the fate of one of Newfoundland and Labrador's most famous sealing captains.

Captain Kean's Secret

T. C. Badcock

The Portuguese White Fleet, whose name derived from its vessels' white hulls, is an important part of Newfoundland and Labrador history. Gaspar Corte-Real's followers had been fishing off the Grand Banks for more than 400 years, but it was not until the 1900s that Portuguese fishermen began persecuting the North American cod fishery in force.When these ships made calls to St. John's, the sailors and fishermen became a prominent part of the city's way of life. However, the year 1955 marked the end of an era for the Portuguese White Fleet when Canada began to protest foreign overfishing and exploitation of its fishery. Following a bitter international dispute over territorial fishing grounds, the last ship of the White Fleet left St. John's on July 23, 1974.The White Fleet by J. P. Andrieux is a pictorial history of the centuries-long relationship between the Newfoundland and Portuguese fisheries.

The White Fleet

J. P. Andrieux

Every Newfoundlander and Labradorian knows that Joey Smallwood was "the Father of the Baby Bonus." He told us so in his own inimitable style - many, many, many, many times. But is that really how Newfoundland's mothers got their cheques? Or is it another Imperfect Moment from our past - one where the story is simply wrong or incomplete?Did Adolf Hitler ever fight the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the First World War?Why did William Coaker, champion of Newfoundland's fishermen, throw an inkwell across the House of Assembly at Alfred B. Morine?Did Newfoundland really try to sell Labrador to Canada?Were the 1949 Referendum ballots counted honestly, or did we become Canadians because of a fraud?Was Rockwell Kent a German spy?What is the true story of the loss of the SS Diana, a Newfoundland sealing vessel?And what did Edward, Prince of Wales - later the Duke of Windsor - really think about St. John's?Edward Roberts, long and passionately interested in Newfoundland history, wrote fifty "Past Imperfect" newspaper columns to answer these and other questions from the mists of our past. He answered all these questions, and more. He revealed the real reason why the famed Blue Puttees wore blue leggings, and not the khaki of the British Army of their day. He demolished the myth that the Pink, White, and Green was Newfoundland's national flag. And he tells how and why 50,000 mothers throughout Newfoundland and Labrador got their first baby bonus cheque in April 1949, just three weeks after Confederation. Joey Smallwood got the credit, but he didn't do the work.

How Newfoundlanders Got the Baby Bonus

Edward Roberts

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