Desperation: The Queen of Swansea
By Gary Collins
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
For the first time, celebrated author Gary Collins brings to life the tale of the brigantine Queen of Swansea. Bound for Newfoundland in December 1867, the vessel made her first port of call in St. John’s, only to meet her doom on the rocks of Gull Island, Cape John.
The following spring, Captain Mark Rowsell of Leading Tickles chanced upon the fallen ship’s crew on his return voyage from the seal hunt. His discovery of the wreckage, and the fate of the men and women on board, marks a chilling and unforgettable event that has echoed worldwide in the history of seagoing vessels. Here, Gary Collins recreates the final voyage of the Queen of Swansea in a story with a gruesome turn of events that makes it unique in the annals of Atlantic shipwrecks.
Desperation: The Queen of Swansea is Gary Collins’s eleventh book. His book What Colour is the Ocean? won the 2010 Atlantic Book Awards Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration.
Gary Collins
Gary Collins was born in Hare Bay, Bonavista North. He spent fifty years in the logging and sawmilling business with his father, Theophilus, and son, Clint. Gary was once Newfoundland’s youngest fisheries guardian. He managed log drives down spring rivers for years, spent seven seasons driving tractor-trailers over ice roads and the Beaufort Sea of Canada’s Western Arctic, and has been involved in the crab, lobster, and cod commercial fisheries. In 2016, he joined the Canadian Rangers. Gary has written fifteen books, including the children’s illustrated book What Colour is the Ocean?, which he co-wrote with his granddaughter, Maggie Rose Parsons. That book won an Atlantic Book Award: The Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration. His book Mattie Mitchell: Newfoundland’s Greatest Frontiersman has been adapted for film. Gary’s first novel, The Last Beothuk, won the inaugural NL Reads literary competition, administered by the CBC, and was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award. Gary Collins is Newfoundland and Labrador’s favourite storyteller, and today he is known all over the province as the Story Man. He lives in Hare Bay with his wife, the former Rose Gill. They have three children and seven grandchildren.
Read more from Gary Collins
Desperation: The Queen of Swansea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Beothuk Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLiving Off The Grid: What to Expect While Living the Life of Ultimate Freedom and Tranquility Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Going Off the Grid: The How-To Book of Simple Living and Happiness Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Left to Die: The Story of the SS Newfoundland Sealing Disaster Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMattie Mitchell: Newfoundland's Greatest Frontiersman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCabot Island: The Alex Gill Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Farewell: The Loss of the Collette Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSoulis Joe's Lost Mine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhere Eagles Lie Fallen: The Crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285, Gander, Newfoundland Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAway from My Island: The True Story of Eliza Gill Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Gale of 1929 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Day on the Ridge Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRedjack Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Time That Was: Christmas in Newfoundland Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Crackie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Place Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Desperation
Related ebooks
Redjack Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Place Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMattie Mitchell: Newfoundland's Greatest Frontiersman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Day on the Ridge Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSea Dogs & Skippers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHerring Tales: How the Silver Darlings Shaped Human Taste and History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsListen to the Dead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The White Hare Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From Reindeer Lake to Eskimo Point Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tillicums of the Trail: Being Klondike Yarns Told to Canadian Soldiers Overseas / by a Sourdough Padre Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings26 Feet to the Charlottes: Exploring the Land of the Haida Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpirit Engine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSoulis Joe's Lost Mine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlaska Days with John Muir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Boat to Take You There Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Surfacing Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Flynn of the Inland Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe World of the Salt Marsh: Appreciating and Protecting the Tidal Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHard Light Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Peacocks on the Lawn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Man on the Headland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Loon Laughter at Midnight: Come Away Writing for Myself Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife in the West Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 537, March 10, 1832 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoing Fishing: Travel and Adventure with a Fishing Rod Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5There Were Three Ships Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Island of the Blue Dolphins: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anna's Crossing (Amish Beginnings Book #1) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To the Lighthouse: An Explorer's Guide to the Island Lighthouses of Southwestern BC Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
History For You
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5100 Things You're Not Supposed to Know: Secrets, Conspiracies, Cover Ups, and Absurdities Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The ZERO Percent: Secrets of the United States, the Power of Trust, Nationality, Banking and ZERO TAXES! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Whore Stories: A Revealing History of the World's Oldest Profession Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Richest Man in Babylon: The most inspiring book on wealth ever written Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 – 1066 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lessons of History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of The War of Art: by Steven Pressfield | Includes Analysis Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Secret History of the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Library Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Desperation
0 ratings0 reviews