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From Cod to Crab
Garry Cranford & Ed Janes
Price: CDN$17.95
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Book Description
Over three hundred years of history have resulted in a rich heritage of life on the sea and marvellous stories of danger, love, despair, faith and deliverance.
Read about The Willow Tree, planted in the Old Methodist Cemetery in the 1830's. The site marks the graves of seven crewmen of the cutter FANNY, lost at The Arch just south of Hant's Harbour.
The gripping tale of the Wreck of the CATHERINE B describes how Captain Ellis Janes and seven others were rescued in the gale of 1929. A trip which should have lasted hours took a month by schooner, steamer, train and horse and carriage!
Bonus Story: How The Fish Came To Hant's Harbour, by Reverend Moses Harvey. In the 1880's, Rev. Harvey wrote a religious tract describing how the faith of the community, led in prayer by Sister Lydia, resulted in the return of the fish to the barren waters! 40,000 copies of the original story were distributed! Here for the first time Garry Cranford reveals the true identity of Sister Lydia!
Learn of the success of P. Janes and Sons Ltd. as pioneers in the Newfoundland snow crab industry. Also included are sections on the sealfishery, shipbuilding (78 vessels), picking the trap berths, the Labrador fishery, the loss of the TRIXIE H (twice!), the wreck of the CARRIE EVELYN, and dozens of other stories about this fascinating little town.
About the Author
Garry Cranford is publisher of Flanker Press and is author or co-author of four books and editor of three others.
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