You are invited to a very special boat launch - The Alphabet Fleet - the latest book by Newfoundland and Labrador author Maura Hanrahan. Flanker Press - the publisher - describes the work this way.
In 1898 a political firestorm surrounded the creation of Newfoundland’s Alphabet Fleet. But before long these coastal boats became a beloved part of the fabric of life in Newfoundland and Labrador. These ships carried bright-eyed young teachers to their first outport assignments. They brought wedding dresses to excited brides and Christmas parcels and letters to eager hands. They carried people home from city hospitals and the dead to be buried in family plots. Through crew and passenger recollections, this book brings the Alphabet Fleet to life. It also vividly describes the heroics and disasters associated with these legendary vessels.
Maura Hanrahan is the author of several books, including Domino: The Eskimo Coast Disaster. Her book Tsunami: The Newfoundland Tidal Wave Disaster is a Canadian Bestseller. Tsunami won the 2005 Heritage and History Award and was shortlisted for the 2005 Rogers Cable Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award. Hanrahan is also the author of the East Coast favourite, The Doryman, which was shortlisted for the 2004 Heritage and History Award. She is a past winner of the Lawrence Jackson Writing Award.
The book will be available for purchase. The author will be present to read from and sign her work. Refreshments will be served. For further information, please contact Flanker Press at 709-739-4477.
This special launch takes place:
Thursday, September 27, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Railway Coastal Museum (495 Water Street West)
Great Christmas Gift......
