The Loss of the Marion Clothes readers are taken on a

readers are taken on a fascinating journey as a privileged outport boy in pre-Confederation Newfoundland finds his way to the seats of government

words spoken caught his ear

On cloudy nights

Signs are perfect to express feelings or words that sometimes are hard to say or are words that we want to store forever

though the tsunami killed twenty-eight people in 1929

The Loss of the Marion Clothes readers are taken on aThe banking schooner Marion set sail from St. Jacques, Newfoundland, bound for St. Pierre, the home base of Captain Pierre Maurice, on June 10, 1915. The vessel and crew were never seen again. Many have speculated that the French captain had made good on his threat to end the life of Captain Ike Jones, but it was never proven. The Loss of the Marion tells the story from the point of view of Nellie Myles, whose husband and brother in law were lost with