A Winter's Tale

About this book

Before becoming Newfoundlands famous author of sea tragedies Cassie Brown wrote hundreds of shortstories as a professional journalist. Twelve stories are presented here: Tales of shipwrecks captains sealers and sailors and heroic women all described by one of Newfoundlands most respected authors. Headlining this collection is an account of the sinking of the S.S. Caribou torpedoed by German submarine U-69 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 137 men women and children including Caption Ben Tavenor and his two sons. Also included is Cassie Browns short story "DeathMarch " which she later developed into the best-selling book Death on the Ice. Another tale briefly describes the tragic S.S. Florizel disaster on Newfoundlands Southern Shore.