Witch in the Wind: The True Story of the Legendary Bluenose

About this book

While the story of the Bluenose--her legendary speed and the famous races she won over the years--has often been told Witch in the Wind explores the history of the Bluenose from a fresh new perspective. In Witch in the Wind Marq de Villiers examines the history of this famous vessel against the social and economic backdrop of the east coast Atlantic shipping and fishing industries that spawned her. Unlike any previous examination of the Bluenose de Villiers contextualizes the birth and death of this celebrated ship with rise of industrialization and the decline of the Age of Sail and the impact of these changes on generations of families whose way of life depended on the sea. Witch in the Wind is an evocative journey into previously untold backstory of the Bluenose exploring the place that built her the men who sailed her and the industry that gave rise to her.