Author : Bill Freeman
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550286441
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (864 download)
Book Synopsis The Last Voyage of the Scotian by : Bill Freeman
Download or read book The Last Voyage of the Scotian written by Bill Freeman and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1873, Meg and John Bains are ready to return home from a winter working in a lumber camp when they are lured into a trap and shanghaied as crew on a leaky old square-rigged sailing ship in Quebec City. The windjammer is under-manned and the captain is a tyrant, making the voyage a difficult one. But danger is balanced by the excitement of travelling first to Jamaica to take on sugar cane and then to Liverpool. The crossing is dramatic and the trip back to Halifax is even more adventurous as the captain makes a deal to carry 350 immigrants to the new world. It takes five weeks before the crew of the Scotian find themselves safe upon the shores of Nova Scotia.