Sable Island: Tales of Tragedy and Survival from the Graveyard of the Atlantic
- ISBN-10
- 1552779327
- ISBN-13
- 9781552779323
- Series
- Sable Island
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-05-18
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company
- Author
- Johanna Bertin
Description
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.
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Other editions
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- 2016-02-15
- 360 pages
- Paperback
- Fitzhenry & Whiteside
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- 2006-02-07
- 276 pages
- Paperback
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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- 2004-10-01
- 256 pages
- Paperback
- Walker Books
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