Bluenose: Stories of Our Past

by Monica Graham

The second title in the Stories of our Past series, Bluenose tells the story behind the ship on Canada's ten-cent coin. Beginning with the schooner's launch in Lunenburg in 1921, author Monica Graham describes Bluenose's career as a fishing boat, her racing exploits (seventeen years undefeated in the International Fisherman's Trophy), her representation of Canada at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933, and her time as a shipping...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551097931
• ISBN13: 9781551097930
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary