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Death on the Ice : The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914 by Cassie Brown (1988, Trade Paperback)

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Each year, for generations, poor, ill-clad Newfoundland fisherman sailed out 'to the ice' to hunt seals in the hope of a few penniew in wages from the prosperous merchants of St. John's. The year 1914 witnessed the worst in the long line of tragedies that were part of their harsh way of life. For two long, freezing days and nights a party of seal hunters--one hundred thirty-two men--were left stranded on an icefield floating in the North Atlantic in winter. They were thinly dressed, with almost no food, and with no hope of shelter on the ice against the snow or the constant, bitter winds. To survive they had to keep moving, always moving. Those who lay down to rest died. Heroes emerged--one man froze his lips badly, biting off the icicles that were blinding his comrades. Other men froze in their tracks, or went mad with pain and walked off the edge of the icefield. All the while, ships steamed about nearby, unnoticing. And by the time help arrived, two thirds of the men were dead. This is an incredible story of bungling and greed, of suffering and heroism. The disaster is carefully traced, step by step. With the aid of compelling, contemporary photographs the book paints an unforgettable portrait of the bloody trade of seal hunting among the icefields when ships--and men--were expendable.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Doubleday Canada
ISBN-10
0385251793
ISBN-13
9780385251792
eBay Product ID (ePID)
707654

Product Key Features

Book Title
Death on the Ice : the Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914
Author
Cassie Brown
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Canada / General, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year
1988
Genre
History, Fiction
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz

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"Cassie Brown has done a magnificent job. It's been a long time since the appearance of a Canadian book that so graphically describes the horrible abuse and disdain with which the working man was treated in the early part of this century." - Calgary Herald " Death on the Icesucceeds not only in capturing the essence of the event, but maintains an atmosphere of taut suspense up to the climactic rescue. A thriller." - Financial Post "A compelling reconstruction of the 1914 'Newfoundland' disaster...invites comparison with The Naked and the Dead..." - Newfoundland Herald, "Cassie Brown has done a magnificent job. It's been a long time since the appearance of a Canadian book that so graphically describes the horrible abuse and disdain with which the working man was treated in the early part of this century." -Calgary Herald "Death on the Icesucceeds not only in capturing the essence of the event, but maintains an atmosphere of taut suspense up to the climactic rescue. A thriller." -Financial Post "A compelling reconstruction of the 1914 'Newfoundland' disaster...invites comparison withThe Naked and the Dead..." -Newfoundland Herald, "Cassie Brown has done a magnificent job. It's been a long time since the appearance of a Canadian book that so graphically describes the horrible abuse and disdain with which the working man was treated in the early part of this century." - Calgary Herald " Death on the Ice succeeds not only in capturing the essence of the event, but maintains an atmosphere of taut suspense up to the climactic rescue. A thriller." - Financial Post "A compelling reconstruction of the 1914 'Newfoundland' disaster...invites comparison with The Naked and the Dead..." - Newfoundland Herald
Copyright Date
1988
Target Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Decimal
639/.29/09718
Intended Audience
Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Ages 2-3, under 2 Years
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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by hobby0010_0Jun 26, 2019
Detailed and Historical
We have only read about 1/3 of book so far, but it is well written and very historically detailed. We are really enjoying it. The details cover the history of sealing. It has very specific details on people, weather, conversations and equipment on/for this specific event.
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