Death on the Ice: The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914, (Paperback)

from waltzmn

If you like disaster stories, this book is for you. If you like to get chills, this book is really for you. The "Newfoundland Disaster" is one of the great tragic stories of that island's history, and is known in folklore, song, and artwork. In outline, it's a simple tale: Newfoundlanders every y...

from ElizaJane

Reason for Reading: I read the book a long time ago and knew it was a good read. This book is a chilling tale of how 132 men were stranded for two days and nights during a freezing storm on the ice-fields of the North Atlantic with only one-third of them surviving to be rescued. First, though, it...

from Romonko

Cassie Brown's book about the actual events that occurred on the North Atlantic ice of the 1914 Newfoundland sealing disaster is very clear and so well written, that I feel I got to know these sealers. Although it is a true story of what actually happened to the sealers from the ship Newfoundland...

from Romonko

Cassie Brown's book about the actual events that occurred on the North Atlantic ice of the 1914 Newfoundland sealing disaster is very clear and so well written, that I feel I got to know these sealers. Although it is a true story of what actually happened to the sealers from the ship Newfoundland...