Blackstrap Hawco : said to be about a Newfoundland family
Record details
- ISBN: 0679314296
- ISBN: 9780679314295 :
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Physical Description:
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829 p. ; 25 cm. - Publisher: Toronto : Random House Canada, 2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Illustrations on endpapers. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 827-829). |
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Genre: | Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. Canadian fiction. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | Harv (Text) | 33294001628700 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
An epic masterwork about Newfoundland's working class, Blackstrap Hawco spans more than a century in gorgeous and widely varied prose, reminding us that even when writing about the degradation of identity and language, Harvey does it magnificently. Named in a moment of anger, Blackstrap Hawco is heir to an island dominion picked over by its adoptive nation. From the arrivals of the indentured Irish to the Victorian drawing rooms of the English merchants, from the perilous seal hunt to the raucous iron ore mines, from a notorious disaster at sea to the relocation of outport communities, the family legend might be all his people have left to live for.