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  • The Last Beothuk
    Author:

    Collins, Gary

    Summary:

    Inspired by True Events Long after Demasduit’s skull has been stolen from her grave, and years after Shanawdithit has died, one Beothuk and his family survive.

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  • Soulis Joe's Lost Mine
    Author:

    Collins, Gary

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    Embedded in a rock in an obscure, pristine brook in the wilds of Newfoundland is a legendary quartz vein.

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  • The Last Farewell The Loss of the Collette
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    Collins, Gary

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    Inspired by True Events In 1934, North America lay stripped of its riches by a great depression.

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  • Where Eagles Lie Fallen The Crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285, Gander, Newfoundland
    Author:

    Collins, Gary

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    Where Eagles Lie Fallen is celebrated master storyteller Gary Collinss solemn tribute to the American servicemen and servicewomen who lost their lives aboard Arrow Air Flight 1285 when it crashed i

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  • A Time That Was Christmas in Newfoundland
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    Collins, Gary

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    A collection of true Christmas stories by Gary Collins, Newfoundland and Labrador’s favourite storyteller! Gary Collins invites us to live again the gone forever.

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  • The Gale of 1929
    Author:

    Collins, Gary

    Summary:

    On the night of November 29, 1929, eleven schooners set sail for home from the comfort and safety of St. John’s harbour. They all headed north: directly into the teeth of a deadly hurricane.

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  • Left to Die The Story of the SS Newfoundland Sealing Disaster
    Author:

    Collins, Gary

    Summary:

    “They didn’t die like flies, you know, like I’ve heard some reporters say over the years. Oh no, it wasn’t like that a’tall. The men who died didn’t just drop like flies.

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  • Mattie Mitchell Newfoundland's Greatest Frontiersman
    Author:

    Collins, Gary

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    An adventure story from award-winning author Gary Collins: Newfoundland’s Favourite Storyteller! “There is a feeling that comes to one who goes unafraid into the wilderness.

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  • Cabot Island The Alex Gill Story
    Author:

    Collins, Gary

    Summary:

    In the nineteenth century, the Newfoundland government, under constant pressure from fish merchants, began installing lighthouses in some of the more treacherous places around the island.

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  • A Day on the Ridge
    Author:

    Collins, Gary

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    Among the bays, inlets, and communities of the province, author Gary Collins has earned a seat at the head of the table as Newfoundland and Labrador's favourite storyteller.

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  • Desperation The Queen of Swansea
    Author:

    Collins, Gary

    Summary:

    Shipwreck. Starvation. Cannibalism. For the first time, celebrated author Gary Collins brings to life the tale of the brigantine Queen of Swansea.

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  • The Boy from Left Field
    Author:

    Henighan, Tom

    Summary:

    When Hawk’s baseball coach tells him how Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run nearby, the question arises: what happened to the baseball? Bullies, baseball, and kids who defy the odds.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Viking Quest
    Author:

    Henighan, Tom

    Summary:

    Fifteen-year-old Rigg, son of Leif Eriksson, loves mystery and adventure.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Viking Terror
    Author:

    Henighan, Tom

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    Short-listed for the 2007 Ottawa Book Award for Fiction When 17-year-old Rigg and his friend Ari hang a marauding wolf in the wilds of medieval Greenland, they get much more than they bargained fo

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Vilhjalmur Stefansson Arctic Adventurer
    Author:

    Henighan, Tom

    Summary:

    Born in Manitoba of Icelandic parents, Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962) became one of Canada’s most famous and controversial Arctic explorers.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, True adventure stories

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