History Maritime History & Piracy
Rum, Blood & Treasure
Stories Strange and True from Atlantic Canada
- Publisher
- Formac Publishing Company Limited
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2016
- Category
- Maritime History & Piracy, Post-Confederation (1867-), Organized Crime, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459504158
- Publish Date
- Apr 2016
- List Price
- $14.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781459504141
- Publish Date
- Apr 2016
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
This great collection of stories strange but true is for every reader who loves history -- and mystery. Edward Butts weaves true tales -- the wreck of the Francis and the weird connection to Edward, Duke of Kent; the sea voyage of Charles Coghlan's coffin; Captain Jack Randell the rum-runner; Al Capone's gunman Bugs Moran and more!
This collection offers the lore and legend of some of the greatest stories of Atlantic Canada's history.
About the author
Edward Butts is the author of numerous books, including Murder, Line of Fire, Running With Dillinger, True Canadian Unsolved Mysteries, and The Desperate Ones, which was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.