Joseph Darby: A Man of Sable Island
Title | Joseph Darby: A Man of Sable Island PDF eBook |
Author | R.E. Wilson |
Publisher | Lucky Sprout Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2021-02-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1777566738 |
In 1801, the Canadian government set up a lifesaving establishment on Sable Island. Somebody had to be in charge. That’s how the role of Superintendent of Sable Island came to be. In the early 1800s, the Darby family found work running the supply ship between mainland Nova Scotia and the remote Sable Island outpost. Joseph Darby, the eldest son, became a master of navigating the treacherous waters around “The Graveyard of the North Atlantic”, and eventually rose up to be in charge of the island and its inhabitants. In this true story dug up from the Nova Scotia Archives, Joseph Darby’s tale is unravelled to rewrite a legacy that, until now, has only remembered him as the most notorious superintendent ever to run the lifesaving establishment. Joseph Darby: A Man of Sable Island is a biography of a little-known figure in Canadian history who was responsible for saving thousands of lives from wrecks around Sable Island. For the first time, his story is presented in full and features his own words, revealing the highs and lows of a life spent in isolated duty.
Sable Island
Title | Sable Island PDF eBook |
Author | John Bernard Gilpin |
Publisher | [Halifax? : s.n.], 1858 (Halifax : Wesleyan Conference Steam Press) |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1858 |
Genre | Mollusks |
ISBN |
Joseph Darby: The True Story of Sable Island's Most Notorious Superintendent
Title | Joseph Darby: The True Story of Sable Island's Most Notorious Superintendent PDF eBook |
Author | R. E. Wilson |
Publisher | Lucky Sprout Press |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2021-02-18 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781777566722 |
In 1801, the Canadian government set up a lifesaving establishment on Sable Island. Somebody had to be in charge. That's how the role of Superintendent of Sable Island came to be. In the early 1800s, the Darby family found work running the supply ship between mainland Nova Scotia and the remote Sable Island outpost. Joseph Darby, the eldest son, became a master of navigating the treacherous waters around "The Graveyard of the North Atlantic", and eventually rose up to be in charge of the island and its inhabitants. In this true story dug up from the Nova Scotia Archives, Joseph Darby's tale is unravelled to rewrite a legacy that, until now, has only remembered him as the most notorious superintendent ever to run the lifesaving establishment. Joseph Darby: A Man of Sable Island is a biography of a little-known figure in Canadian history who was responsible for saving thousands of lives from wrecks around Sable Island. For the first time, his story is presented in full and features his own words, revealing the highs and lows of a life spent in isolated duty.
Sable Island
Title | Sable Island PDF eBook |
Author | Johanna Bertin |
Publisher | James Lorimer & Company |
Pages | 154 |
Release | 2011-05-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1552779327 |
Sable Island has indelibly marked all who have come into contact with it - by accident or by choice. Since 1583, 350 ships have wrecked against its shape-shifting shores as if lured into a trap by a whispering siren wind. This exciting collection casts explorers, castaways, pirates, settlers, and the quintessential symbols of survival - the Sable Island horses - in tales of death, destruction, and endurance. Set on the isolated island of fog-shrouded sand dunes, these true accounts are tragic and inspiring.
Sable Island, with a Catalogue of Its Vascular Plants
Title | Sable Island, with a Catalogue of Its Vascular Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Harold St. John |
Publisher | |
Pages | 122 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN |
Sable Island
Title | Sable Island PDF eBook |
Author | Marq de Villiers |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2006-02-07 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0802777406 |
Presents the story of Sable Island, an island adrift in the North Atlantic, tracing its history and topology from its probable origins in glacial times to its fate at the mercy of the continental shelf and North Atlantic currents. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University
Title | Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University PDF eBook |
Author | Harvard University. Gray Herbarium |
Publisher | |
Pages | 732 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN |