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Courage at sea : Newfoundland sailors in the Great War

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  • Publisher:
    Flanker Press, 2014
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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    2014
    Summary:

    Courage at Sea: Newfoundland Sailors in the Great War is a collection of more than forty World War I stories involving the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve and the Newfoundland merchant seamen who delivered goods to Europe in aid of the Allied war effort. Many foreign-going vessels carrying Newfoundlanders were apprehended en route by German U-boats and shelled, torpedoed, or boarded and bombed. Some of the crews were let go, but others were less fortunate.

    Some of the stories included are . . .

    Newfoundland’s First Decoration: Leander Green’s Story
    Men of Burgeo Rendezvous with the Enemy
    Torpedoed Three Times in Three Weeks
    The Story of Michael Foley, Harbour Grace
    Dictator’s Crew as Prisoners of War
    A War off Saint Pierre: SS Erik
    Great Honours to a Man from Pilley’s Island
    The Halifax Explosion: A Reservist Writes Home

    . . . plus many more.

    Robert C. Parsons is a winner of the Polaris Award and the author of more than twenty-five books on the nautical history of Newfoundland and Labrador. His book Courting Disaster: True Crime and Mischief on Land and Sea was a Globe and Mail bestseller.

    Original Publisher: St. John's, Flanker Press
    Language(s): English