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  • Series: Amazing Stories
  • Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
  • Publication Date: 26 September 2011
  • Copyright Year: 2006
  • ISBN: 9781552779323
  • Page Count: 144
  • Dimensions: 140" x 216"

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9781552779323
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Sable Island

Tales of Tragedy and Survival from the Graveyard of the Atlantic

by Johanna Bertin

Sable Island has indelibly marked all who have come into contact with it. Since 1583, 350 ships have wrecked against its shape-shifting shores. This exciting collection casts explorers, castaways, pirates, settlers, and the quintessential symbols of survival - the Sable Island horses - in tales of death, destruction, and endurance.

Sable Island has indelibly marked all who have come into contact with it - by accident or by choice. Since 1583, 350 ships have wrecked against its shape-shifting shores as if lured into a trap by a whispering siren wind. This exciting collection casts explorers, castaways, pirates, settlers, and the quintessential symbols of survival - the Sable Island horses - in tales of death, destruction, and endurance. Set on the isolated island of fog-shrouded sand dunes, these true accounts are tragic and inspiring.

About the Author

JOHANNA BERTIN has long been fascinated by Canadian History. She has written a number of books for Altitude Publishing: Strange Events: Incredible Canadian Monsters, Curses, Ghosts, and Other Tales; Strange Events and More: Canadian Giants, Witches, Wizards, and Other Tales; Sable Island: Tales of Tragedy and Survival from the Graveyard of the Atlantic and Holiday Misadventures. Johanna lives in Smithfield, NB.

Subjects (BISAC)

HISTORY / Canada / General

Subjects

Canadian History: Natural, Local Interest: Disasters and Shipwrecks

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