The August Gales; The Tragic Loss of Fishing Schooners in the North Atlantic, 1926 and 1927
by Hallowell, Gerald
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 1771080469
- ISBN 13
- 9781771080460
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About This Item
Halifax: Nimbus Publishing 978-1-77108-046-0 [978-1-77108-046-0] 2013. (Trade paperback) 252pp. Near fine. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. "Three different fishing communities, three different countries, but in their pursuit of fish on the banks they would have much in common, including the terrors of the North Atlantic storms... Indeed the storms of August became so notorious over the years that many people came to consider any late summer or early fall storm an 'August gale'". Time Period 1926 & 1927. Locale: Canada; Maritime Provinces; Nova Scotia--Canada. (Transportation, Atlantic Ocean, Fishing, Schooners).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 149898
- Title
- The August Gales; The Tragic Loss of Fishing Schooners in the North Atlantic, 1926 and 1927
- Author
- Hallowell, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1771080469
- ISBN 13
- 9781771080460
- Publisher
- Nimbus Publishing 978-1-77108-046-0
- Place of Publication
- Halifax
- This edition first published
- 2013-10
- Keywords
- Transportation, Atlantic Ocean, Fishing, Schooners
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation;
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