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The son of a sea cook, born on the edge of the ocean, Robert Parsons has been reading, researching and writing about ships and wrecks for fifteen years. His articles and stories have been published locally and nationally in Legion Magazine, Reader's Digest and The Evening Telegram.
His sea stories now number in the hundreds and have been published in a dozen or more books. Parson's passion for the history and heritage of the sea led to his interviews with sailors and fishermen who "stood before the mast" on all-sail wooden ships, although their numbers are now greatly reduced. Robert has continued his research through oral history supported by archival materials.
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Wrecked and Ruined: True Sea Disasters from the Eastern Edge Robert C. ParsonsNonfiction: Atlantic Canada, History, The Sea, Shipwrecks Order this book from:
Nimbus Publishing (or 1-800-Nimbus9) In November 1886, the New Brunswick ship Blanco was sailing mid-Atlantic when its crew saw a man adrift on a crude catamaran. The captain put his ship about, drew near and prepared to take the nearly exhausted man aboard, but the castaway was reluctant to climb aboard. Why? What really happened to the rum-runner John Dwight? In September 1923 the vessel was supposedly intentionally scuttled, but then strangely slashed and mutilated bodies of its crew along with whiskey and ale barrels washed ashore. The author explores these and many other curious tales of the sea. |
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Robert C. Parsons$19.95 Order this book from:
Nimbus Publishing (or 1-800-Nimbus9) Shipwrecks of New Brunswick is about a time when one of Canada's most thriving provinces staked out a claim on that great element of nature forever pounding its shores. But the 2,250 kilometres of coastline along these shores have always held many dangers to shipping. The captains and the mariners sailing here have been prey to shifting ocean currents, dramatic tidal changes, high winds and impenetrable fog. The coastline itself is broken by many deep bays, inlets and estuaries, each with its own dangers of rocks, cliffs or sandbars. |
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Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster: North Atlantic Shipwrecks of the Strange and Curious Robert C. ParsonsNonfiction: The Sea, Shipwrecks Order this book from:
Nimbus Publishing (or 1-800-Nimbus9) These true tales of shipwrecks delve into strange and curious marine disasters: collisions with whales, icebergs and other ships, as well as wrecks on rocks, islands and sand bars. Vessels, large and small, were struck by lightning, shelled or torpedoed by enemy vessels, crushed by Arctic ice, and even swallowed up whole by unexpected intense gales and hurricanes. |
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The Edge of Yesterday: Sea Disasters of Nova Scotia Robert C. Parsons$19.95 Order this book from:
Nimbus Publishing (or 1-800-Nimbus9) The Edge of Yesterday contains the unique stories of our hardy ancestors - those who challenged and fought the unforgiving North Atlantic Ocean. Here are the tales of strange occurrences within the realm of tragedy and triumph - of survival, courage and indomitable will to prevail in the face of danger. |
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In Peril On The Sea: Nova Scotian Shipwrecks Robert C. Parsons$17.95 Order this book from:
Nimbus Publishing (1-800-Nimbus9) Arranged chronologically, these tales of adventure range from 1873 through to the 1990s. Robert Parsons relates the dangers and hardships endured by Nova Scotia schooner men and by those who found themselves wrecked along Nova Scotian shores where treacherous seas in a high-risk occupation tested the courage, wit and endurance of seamen. |
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