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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adult
- Inscribed
- NO
- ISBN
- 9780887809118
- Book Title
- Sable Island
- Publisher
- Formac Publishing Company The Limited
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Edition
- 2
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Lucas, Zoe, Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Nature, Travel, Fiction
- Topic
- Canada / General, Environmental Conservation & Protection, General
- Item Weight
- 25.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 8 in
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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Sable Island is the world's most mysterious and notorious sandbar, situated 160 kilometers offshore of southeast Nova Scotia. The island is currently receiving much renewed attention because of proposals to make it a National Park, or a National Wilderness Area. Known for centuries as The Graveyard of the Atlantic, its forty-kilometre length has claimed over five hundred ships since the earliest adventurers and fishing vessels sailed to North America. Even today Sable presents serious problems to navigators. The home of the world's last herds of wild horses, the island is a fragile, shifting crescent of sand and grass whose beauty and violence has fascinated and inspired countless adventurers, writers, artists and scientists for over three hundred years. Bruce Armstrong takes the reader on a personal journey to Sable. He brings to life the early shipwrecks, lifesaving establishments and settlement attempts that have marked the island's long and varied history. There are ghost stories, tales of exceptional bravery, and first-hand impressions of the island left by men and women such as Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Dorothea Dix and Alexander Graham Bell. Contemporary material about Sable is based on interviews with some of the people who live in this lonely place as lifesavers, wireless operators, conservationists, and scientific observers; their experiences contribute an immediate sense of Sable's spirit and power. Many new colour photographs by island researcher Zoe Lucas are featured in this new edition. Sable Island is an imaginative and exciting journey to the world's northern Galapagos. It is also an eloquent plea for the preservation of a unique and timeless part of Nova Scotia. Sable Island was awarded the Evelyn Richardson Prize, the pre-eminent award for non-fiction in Atlantic Canada.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Formac Publishing Company The Limited
ISBN-10
0887809111
ISBN-13
9780887809118
eBay Product ID (ePID)
123102653
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
Sable Island
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Canada / General, Environmental Conservation & Protection, General
Illustrator
Lucas, Zoe, Yes
Genre
Nature, Travel, Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
25.4 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
8 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
" Sable Island brings harrowing shipwrecks and rescue attempts to life through evocative language, vibrant photographs and elegant illustrations." "...masterfully draws the reader's imagination..."
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
971.6/99
Edition Description
Revised Edition,New Edition
Table of Content
Contents Introduction by Zoe Lucas Foreword by Thomas H. Raddall Part One: Sand, Storms, and Story (1800 to 1900) 1. A Dreamer's Return 2. Haughtboyes and Horrors 3. Early Ghosts and Visitations 4. Clash and Disaster 5. The Enterprising Clergyman 6. Wrecks and Rescue 7. Sable's Pale Lady Part Two: The Sea Samaritans (1800 to 1900) 8. The Admiral 9. The Rogue 10. The Gentleman 11. Stars in the Ocean 12. The Governor 13. Century's End Part Three: Soundings (1900 to the Present) 14. The Brass Pounder 15. Lost Schooners 16. The Atlantic Cowboy 17. The White Mist Part Four: The Spirit of Sable 18. Ponies 19. Bestiary 20. Dunes Endpiece Appendix A/Superintendents of the Humane Establishment, 1801-1948 Appendix B/Shipwrecks Appendix C/The Status of Sable, 1981 Selected Bibliography Photo Credits Acknowledgements Index of People and Ships on Sable Island
Copyright Date
2010
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