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Transportation History

Edge of Yesterday, The

by (author) Robert C. Parsons

Publisher
Pottersfield Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2003
Category
History
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781895900576
    Publish Date
    Jan 2003
    List Price
    $19.95

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For the past fourteen years Robert Parsons has become one of Atlantic Canada's most popular and prolific writers, specializing in stories of ships and sailors. He's the son of a sea cook, born of the edge of the ocean and he sailed as a boy of eleven to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Now, as a retired educator, Parsons continues to research and write.

About the author

Robert C. Parsons has been called one of the most popular and prolific writers on the subject of Atlantic Canada’s ships and ship disasters. He is the author of more than twenty-five non-fiction books. His work has also appeared in a number of newspapers and magazines such as Downhome, the Telegram, the Newfoundland Quarterly, and Newfoundland Lifestyles.In May 2009, Robert’s nonfiction prose was judged an award winner in the annual Arts and Letters Competition.In December that same year, he was presented with the Polaris Award from the Canadian Coast Guard Alumni Association, Newfoundland and Labrador division, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the preservation and public awareness of the marine heritage and history in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. This award was only given out two previous times in the years of the Alumni Association’s existence.Robert’s book Courting Disaster: True Crime and Mischief on Land and Sea was a Globe and Mail bestseller.A former fish plant worker and educator and a present-day researcher and devotee of all items marine-related, Robert lives in Grand Bank, Newfoundland.

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