Robert C. Parsons

Courage at Sea (eBook, ePUB)

Newfoundland Sailors in the Great War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 StormMen of Burgeo Rendezvous with the EnemyTorpedoed Three Times in Three WeeksThe Story of Michael Foley, Harbour GraceDictator's Crew as Prisoners of WarA War off Saint Pierre: SS ErikGreat Honours to a Man from Pilley's IslandThe 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Flanker Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781771173827
• Artikelnr.: 41822341