The August Gales: The Tragic Loss of Fishing Schooners in the North Atlantic 1926 and 1927 de Hallowell, Gerald - 2013-10-08

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Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing Limited, 2013. Book. Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Some light scratches on covers. .

Halifax, Canada: Nimbus Publishing, 2013. Signed by author on title page. French wraps, minutely rubbed on head of spine else near fine. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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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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Halifa Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing, 2013. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pictorial paper,252 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits,CONTENTS:Dark Days of Mourning,Lunenburg the the Banks Fishery,An Island in a Stormy Sea,The August Gale of 1926 The August Gale of 1927,Newfoundland and the August Gale of 1927,The Gloucester Connection,The Call of the Sea Afterword: Days of Festivity and Hope. 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. The August Gales is a richly detailed history of the banks fishery, the perils of the North Atlantic, and more specifically, the three powerful, and ultimately deadly, August storms that devastated not only an industry, but entire communities.