As near to heaven by sea: a history of Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Canadian history
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Summary
Newfoundland author Major tells the history of his province with tales of lost Beothuk fishers and hunters, Leif Eriksson and his Viking colonists, waters teaming with fish, and hardy European settlers who made the Rock their home. Some of the… stories verge on the fanciful and fantastic, including those about the earliest purported visitors. Major also captures the rowdy days of the 1700s when schools, doctors, and roads were nonexistent and corrupt, often-drunk British admirals dispensed frontier justice. 2001.