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Land beyond the sea / Kevin Major.

Major, Kevin, (author.).

Summary:

"In the small hours of October 14, 1942, a German U-boat sank the passenger ferry SS Caribou in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Of the 237 people on board, 136 perished, including 49 civilians. In Land Beyond the Sea, bestselling author Kevin Major reimagines the events of that fateful night from the perspectives of both those aboard the doomed vessel and the German U-boat commander who gave the order. With his characteristically sharp, evocative prose style, Major delivers an epic work of historical fiction, detailing a life-and-death conflict in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Land Beyond the Sea is a powerful and empathetic testament to the acts of destruction and the acts of heroism carried out in the name of home."-- Publisher's website.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781550817522 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 248 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland : Breakwater Books, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Caribou (Ship) > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Saint Lawrence, Gulf of > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, German > Fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Bowen Island Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Summary: "In the small hours of October 14, 1942, a German U-boat sank the passenger ferry SS Caribou in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Of the 237 people on board, 136 perished, including 49 civilians. In Land Beyond the Sea, bestselling author Kevin Major reimagines the events of that fateful night from the perspectives of both those aboard the doomed vessel and the German U-boat commander who gave the order. With his characteristically sharp, evocative prose style, Major delivers an epic work of historical fiction, detailing a life-and-death conflict in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Land Beyond the Sea is a powerful and empathetic testament to the acts of destruction and the acts of heroism carried out in the name of home."--

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