Book Information
- 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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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.
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