Download or read book The Scrimshaw of Sable Island written by Desmond Mason and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The whale knew nothing of the oil that men burned to lighten their darkness, or the money his body was worth to the merchants and sailors: men who were clever at making knives and spears and cunning in ways of using them. So one day the whale came up for air, rising through the green depths as he had done countless times before, and there, floating near to him in the sunlight, was a ship.”So begins the tale of The Scrimshaw of Sable Island, where a runaway boy in nineteenth century Bristol is the link between a mysterious carving on a whale’s tooth and a mass of pirate treasure. Fleeing from his apprenticeship to a brutal chimney sweep, young Owen Davies finds himself caught up in the search for the treasure stolen from Captain Kidd by the infamous pirate Robert Culliford. Moving from the teeming streets of Bristol to the quiet farms and forests of Nova Scotia, Owen meets with staunch friends and terrifying perils as he makes his way towards the solution to the mystery of the scrimshaw. As the tale unfolds, other voices gather to tell the story through the discovery of letters and journals, including the diary of Robert Culliford, tracing his journey through shipwreck and madness to the barren darkness of Sable Island – ‘Graveyard of the Atlantic’.Based on real facts and places, this is a story for all those who love old yarns of storms and ships, pirates and the sea. Inspired by Treasure Island and Moby Dick, it will appeal to children from 10 upwards. The illustrations by John Gooch provide a series of vivid backdrops to the narrative.All profits from the sale of The Scrimshaw of Sable Island will go to Ty Hafan, the charity that runs a hospice for sick children in South Wales.
Download or read book Secrets of Sable Island written by Marcia Pierce Harding and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a vicious storm aboard ship, fourteen-year-old Caleb is tossed into the Atlantic Ocean. Frightened and alone, he finds himself nudged awake. He's been recovered by one of Sable Island's legendary wild stallions and is given shelter by a mysterious stranger, Norse, who is secretly living on the island. As Caleb recovers and gets to know his strange rescuer, learning the art of scrimshaw, storytelling, and survival, he wonders how he'll manage to remain on the island he's come to love. When he befriends the ghostly girl who rides bareback over the dunes, he knows he must do whatever he can.
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Download or read book Return to Sable written by Jill Martin Bouteillier and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both haunted and driven to discover a 100 year old secret, storyteller Jill Martin, leads the reader on a journey to one of the loneliest places in North America: Sable Island. Sculpted by wind and waves, this thin slice of grass-covered dunes for centuries has lured hundreds of ships to founder on its treacherous sand bars. Only the foolhardy or naïve dared to underestimate the dangers of the Graveyard of the Atlantic. It is to this notorious outpost a hundred miles from mainland Nova Scotia that newly appointed Superintendent of Lifesaving, RJ Bouteillier, brings his young family in 1884. In this harsh, isolated and mysterious environment far from city life, young Beatrice, a woman who challenges the prescribed roles of her sex, crosses the threshold from childhood to adulthood. Entries in the visitor’s book penned by long dead authors come to life in this engaging treasure hunt of passion and betrayal. Their stories unlock the portal to that distant past and chronicle the everyday lives of the residents of Sable Island. Coaxed ever deeper into the island’s labyrinth, the reader discovers that Sable reveals her secrets on her own terms and in her own time.
Download or read book The Wreckers of Sable Island written by James Macdonald Oxley and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Wreckers of Sable Island" by James Macdonald Oxley. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Marine Affairs Dictionary written by Niels West and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-10-30 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West provides the first comprehensive Marine Affairs dictionary. It includes management and policy terms; procedures concepts; court cases; laws; international conventions, protocols and agreements that deal with the four subject areas of Marine Affairs. These subject areas include, in addition to coastal management, fisheries, marine policy, and ports and shipping. Marine Affairs is one of a growing number of interdisciplinary environmental disciplines that include professionals with a wide range of educational backgrounds, encompassing political science, geography, resource economics, planning, sociology, anthropology, and the natural and phsical sciences. As such, this reference dictionary is ideal for students seeking careers in Marine Affairs and a must for professionals already working in the field. The dictionary includes more than 5,000 entries and covers terms and concepts that have evolved within this emerging field. Included are important court cases and laws pertaining to marine resource management and policy. All international agreements, conventions, and protocols dealing with marine related issues have also been summarized. West provides the reader with a quick reference to marine related terms and should be invaluable for any professional responsible for managing or making policy for fisheries, coastal management, shipping, and marine policy.
Download or read book Sable Island written by John Bernard Gilpin and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Download or read book The Wreckers of Sable Island written by J. Macdonald Oxley and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[...] Now and then some one would creep up on deck, and brave the fury of the blast for a few moments, in hope of finding some sign of change for the better; and on his return to the cabin the others would eagerly scan his countenance and await his words, only to be met with a sorrowful shake of the head that rendered words unnecessary. Eric alone found temporary forgetfulness in sleep. He was very weary, and, though fully alive to the[...]".
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Download or read book Secrets of Sable Island written by Marcia Pierce Harding and published by Nimbus Publishing (CN). This book was released on 2018-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a vicious storm aboard ship, fourteen-year-old Caleb is tossed into the Atlantic Ocean. Frightened and alone, he finds himself nudged awake. He's been recovered by one of Sable Island's legendary wild stallions and is given shelter by a mysterious stranger, Norse, who is secretly living on the island. As Caleb recovers and gets to know his strange rescuer, learning the art of scrimshaw, storytelling, and survival, he wonders how he'll manage to remain on the island he's come to love. When he befriends the ghostly girl who rides bareback over the dunes, he knows he must do whatever he can to save her, and himself. A heartwarming and captivating adventure set on the infamous isolated sandbar that has captivated so many, and featuring original illustrations, Secrets of Sable Island will leave young readers spellbound.
Download or read book The Marine World written by Frances Dipper and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The marine world is an immense, three-dimensional living space inhabited by marine life that varies from the mundane to the bizarre. Its salty influence extends up river estuaries, over seashores and inland with brine-laden spray. The Marine World covers all those organisms that live in, on and around the ocean bringing together in a single text everything from the miniscule to the immense. With chapters on marine bacteria, plants, fungi and protozoa, as well as all the major groups of marine invertebrates, plus fish, reptiles, mammals and birds, it provides an insight into the existence and way of life of almost everything living in the ocean. Each animal or plant is found in its own particular place and The Marine World encompasses principal ocean habitats and ecosystems including open water, seashores, deep sea, coral reefs and many more. Written with clear, accessible text and illustrated throughout with photographs and detailed drawings, The Marine World provides in depth information to provide answers for each group on 'what?' 'where?' and 'how?', via sections on identification, distribution, structure, biology, classification and conservation.
Download or read book World of Wonder written by Laurie Triefeldt and published by Quill Driver Books. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People & Places is a special collection from the World of Wonder series. World of Wonder is a weekly illustrated full-page feature syndicated in over 100 newspapers nationwide. Devoted to exploring educational themes and examining the realms of history, science, nature and technology, it is written in a reader-friendly style and accompanied by colorful illustrations. This collection gives the reader a wealth of information on everything from Angkor to Dracula.
Download or read book Music of the Sea written by David Proctor and published by Stationery Office Books (TSO). This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the whole range of musical experience in man's relationship with ships and the sea. From shanties to Debussy's La Mer, from the ceremony of the bosun's call to the songs the pilgrims sang as they sailed to foreign lands. The book also looks at the cross-play of cultures.
Download or read book America and the Sea written by Benjamin Woods Labaree and published by Mystic Seaport Museum. This book was released on 1998 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the centuries from maritime activities before Columbus to the nation's maritime involvement today, this rich, complex archive provides a new history of the United States from the fundamental perspective of the sea that surrounds it, and the rivers and lakes that link its vast interior to the seacoast. 350 photos, 55 in color. 10 maps.
