CANDOW, JAMES E.

Cantwells’ Way a Natural History of the Cape Spear Lightstation

Black Point, NS: Fernwood Publishing, 2014. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 1552666727. Card covers show light shelf wear, corner curl.; A bright, solid book. B&W illustrations; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages; "In Cantwells' Way, James E. Candow examines the relationship between people, place and technology at the Cape Spear Lightstation in Newfoundland and Labrador. Modern lighthouses and fog alarms were products of the new understandings of light and sound that emerged from the Scientific Revolution, so lightkeepers and their families were therefore in the vanguard of technological change in their communities. Despite this, they continued to practise traditional activities such as gardening and berry picking, which were part of the informal economy of rural Newfoundland. Life at the Cape Spear Lightstation reflected the underlying duality of Newfoundland society in the period.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21301

Catalogue: Canadiana::Newfoundland & Labrador::Community History

Keywords: 1552666727 Newfoundland Lightstation Cape Spear Lighthouse History::Canada Community History

GRENFELL, WILFRED T.

Off the Rocks Stories of the Deep

Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Co, 1906. First US Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated dark blue cloth covered boards with light shelf wear present, corners lightly bumped. Titles worn off spine. Previous owner's name on back of frontispiece.; A tight solid book. Front board stamped in white and light blue with design of a ship off the coast. Introduction by Henry van Dyke. This is the US edition published the same year. ; B&W Photographs; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 248 pages; "The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen sent Grenfell to Newfoundland in 1892 to improve the plight of coastal inhabitants and fishermen. That mission began in earnest in 1892 when he recruited two nurses and two doctors for hospitals at Indian Harbour, Newfoundland and later opened cottage hospitals along the coast of Labrador. The mission expanded greatly from its initial mandate to one of developing schools, an orphanage, cooperatives, industrial work projects, and social work. Although founded to serve the local area, the mission developed to include the aboriginal peoples and settlers along the coasts of Labrador and the eastern side of the Great Northern Peninsula of northern Newfoundland." (wikipedia). Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 18653

Catalogue: Canadiana::Newfoundland/ Labrador

Keywords: Fishing Labrador Newfoundland History::Canada Fisheries