Nearly an island: A Nova Scotian anthology

by Job Barbour and Thomas H. Raddall

Captain Job Barbour was born in Newtown, Bonavista Bay, in 1898. He began sailing as a boy and at the age of twenty-one he first became master of a vessel. For many years he sailed the treacherous... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0919948650
• ISBN13: 9780919948655
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Breakwater Books
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Riveting True Story of survival at Sea

The Newfoundlanders in this book show the intelligence, determination, and resourcefulness of these island people. Once you start this book you can't put it down. All those that love the sea will enjoy this book. The North Atlantic can be very unfriendly and you really get to see it first hand here. It is hard to believe that people can over come such hardships and battle 'mother nature,' but step by step we see it here. Great reading.