Tsunami
Maura Hanrahan
Availability:
Ebook in format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order
Ebook in format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order
Publisher:
Flanker Press
Flanker Press
DRM:
Open - No Protection
Open - No Protection
Publication Year:
2004
2004
ISBN-13:
9781771171007
Description:
Twenty-seven dead. Staggering property losses.
Triggered by an offshore earthquake on the Grand Banks, a tsunami unleashed its fury on the coastline of the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, killing twenty-seven people and destroying homes and fishing premises in fifty outports.
Here is the dramatic, incredible story of the South Coast Disaster of 1929, the superhuman efforts of Nurse Dorothy Cherry to save the sick and dying, and Magistrate Malcolm Hollett’s tireless campaign to rebuild shattered lives and devastated communities.
Short listed for the 2005 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards - Rogers Cable Non-Fiction Award.
Winner of the 2005 Newfoundland and Labrador Historic Sites Heritage and History Award.
Triggered by an offshore earthquake on the Grand Banks, a tsunami unleashed its fury on the coastline of the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, killing twenty-seven people and destroying homes and fishing premises in fifty outports.
Here is the dramatic, incredible story of the South Coast Disaster of 1929, the superhuman efforts of Nurse Dorothy Cherry to save the sick and dying, and Magistrate Malcolm Hollett’s tireless campaign to rebuild shattered lives and devastated communities.
Short listed for the 2005 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards - Rogers Cable Non-Fiction Award.
Winner of the 2005 Newfoundland and Labrador Historic Sites Heritage and History Award.