The Story of Newfoundland
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3.8 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
This book is about history of Newfoundland from a Brit. These volumes rendered a great service in bringing home to the citizens of the Empire in a simple and intelligible form their community of interest, and the romantic history of the development of the British Empire. I was asked more than twenty-one years ago to write the volume which dealt with Newfoundland.
Customer Reviews
Terrific historical read… great basis for an epic movie.
I left Newfoundland at age 14 to live in Vancouver, so I missed learning its early history. What a treat to stumble onto this writing gem, with its somewhat quaint language generously colouring the picture of how Newfoundland “came to be” before its contentious incorporation into Canada. If you read between the lines, there’s much humour and insightful opinion to the human struggles conveyed in this ostensibly academic report. Or maybe this old ex-newfie is seeing contrariness where there’s none. A must-read for any Newfoundlander whether they’re still on the rock or are away.