Blood and salt : a collection of Nova Scotia life stories

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  • Auteur: MacKinnon, Robert
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    This eclectic collection of stories shares with readers many other aspects of Robert's professional and personal experience. He tells a chilling story of being the first RCMP officer at the crash site of Air Canada Flight 621 in 1970, arriving to find the DC-8 and all of its 109 passengers and crew disintegrated beyond recognition. Another tale reveals Robert's long-time association with Frenchie, a Mi'kmaw man who gives him, and readers, an up-close-and-personal lesson in Mi'kmaw traditions and legends. And true to his nature, Robert presents readers with his own deeply held views on a variety of topics, like unfair maritime law, government bureaucracy and Cape Breton independence. And in case you're not already hooked, Blood & Salt revives the age-old debate: Was Captain Kidd really a visitor to the Mira River?

    Contents:
    • 1. My Highland Heritage 2. Fishermen from Skye 3. The Highland Clearances 4. Scotland's Privateer Navy 5. Mary Anne's Garden 6. The Strange Treasure of Apple Cove 7. The RCMP and Air Canada Flight 621 8. Unsung War Heroes 9. The Lost Treasure of Fortress Louisbourg - 1758 10. The cartel ship Auguste 11. Florida Research and Recovery Group (FRRG) in Nova Scotia 12. The Monuments of Destiny 13. Nova Scotia Treasure Fleets 14. Maritime Law of Salvage and Bureaucracy 15. The Pirate Shipyard 16. Home from Alberta Afterword Appendix I - Glencoe: A Massacre Committed Under Trust Appendix II - First Contact - Turtle Island, Then and Now. Selected Bibliography Acknowledgements.
    Genre: Anecdotes, Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, History
    Original Publisher: Ross Ferry , Boularderie Island Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781926448541

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Abstract

This eclectic collection of stories shares with readers many other aspects of Robert's professional and personal experience. He tells a chilling story of being the first RCMP officer at the crash site of Air Canada Flight 621 in 1970, arriving to find the DC-8 and all of its 109 passengers and crew disintegrated beyond recognition. Another tale reveals Robert's long-time association with Frenchie, a Mi'kmaw man who gives him, and readers, an up-close-and-personal lesson in Mi'kmaw traditions and legends. And true to his nature, Robert presents readers with his own deeply held views on a variety of topics, like unfair maritime law, government bureaucracy and Cape Breton independence. And in case you're not already hooked, Blood & Salt revives the age-old debate: Was Captain Kidd really a visitor to the Mira River?

Genre
Anecdotes
Biographies and autobiographies
Canadian nonfiction
History
Publisher (Source)

Ross Ferry

Boularderie Island Press

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