Edge of Yesterday, The
- Publisher
- Pottersfield Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2003
- Category
- History
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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.
Other titles by
Sail the Wild Seas: Stories of the North Atlantic
Stories of the North Atlantic
Sail the Wild Seas
Stories of the North Atlantic
Heroes of the Sea
Stories from the Atlantic Blue
Murder on the Rock
True Crime in Newfoundland and Labrador
Courage at Sea
Newfoundland Sailors in the Great War
Shipwrecks and Sailors of Prince Edward Island
The Newfoundland Dog
True Stories of Courage, Loyalty, and Friendship
Cape Race
Stories from the Coast that Sank the Titanic
Wrecked and Ruined
Courting Disaster
True Crime and Mischief on Land and Sea