A novel. Richly detailed, painting pictures with words. An extensive vocabulary, but the author never uses one adjective or adverb where a half-dozen could be inserted! Interwoven slices of life of several mostly uninteresting people in a small fishing village in northern NF in the late 1940s. Generally interesting, but more due to the rich detail than to a particularly cohesive story.

A novel about a strange young man and his mental travels through several centuries. Kind of a strange fantasy, but an easy read!

To quote from the cover, "This book contains new and fascinating games for children of all ages. Published and distributed free to the children of Newfoundland by Gerald S. Doyle Limited". A pamphlet (32 pages) consisting of text descriptions of various children's games, and numerous full page illustrated ads praising Doyle's cod liver oil tablets.

A mystery/suspense novel centering on the kidnapping of a foreign student at Gander airport. Set in the late 60s, a lot of the action takes place in a pair of abandoned settlements on the Southern Shore. Rich in detailed local references.

[11x8-1/2 format] 100+ of the author's previously published newspaper editorial cartoons.

[11x8-1/2 format] 100+ of the author's previously published newspaper editorial cartoons.

Subtitled "A Tale of Adventure with Ungava Bob". An adventure novel set in Labrador in 1890, starring Ungava Bob, a young trapper/guide. Includes encounters with both friendly and unfriendly Indians, an Indian maiden in love with her "White Brother" (Ungava Bob), who is somehow oblivious to her feelings, and, of course, various dangerous adventures and hardships. The title is an allusion to starvation, not to an actual wolf.

Subtitled "The Letters of Bishops O Donel, Lambert, Scallan and Other Irish Missionaries". From the title page "Catholicism's Formative Years in Newfoundland (1784-1829)". Numerous outbound letters, mostly from the three named Bishops, and written mostly to other bishops. Many fascinating views into the thoughts and events of the times, including personnel and politics. The letters are at times newsy, gossipy, or whiney, generally flattering, and often concern the wants and desires of the writers or special pleadings for friends and relatives. Preceded by an overall introduction to the events of the period, then divided into four sections, each preceded by a summary. Each letter is presented in English, with a preface explaining the circumstances of its writing and identifying the people referred to within.

Subtitled "For The Use Of Schools". Bays, islands, coastal settlements, headlands, straits, rivers, lakes, mountains, climate, soil, timber, geology, economy, settlements, flora and fauna. Includes review questions at the bottom of most pages.

Newfoundland is covered in pages 93-102 and 140, and appears almost as an afterthought. The information is pretty general, including mentions of various bays and rivers.

Subtitled "A Special Issue Of The Newfoundland Journal Of Geological Education". [8-1/2x11 format] "A publication for students of the earth sciences .." and probably no one else. Very specialized language.

Subtitled "An Historic Corner Of Old St. John's". Starts off well with a brief geography and history of the area (in the vicinity of the R.C. Basilica), but then fades as it wanders from the main point and offers the names of businesses that have come and gone and the names, and sometimes biographies, of people who happened to be in the area at one time or another. Greatly diminished by the lack of photos (there are only nine and the best one is on the cover), and total lack of advertising copy or other graphics from the many businesses mentioned. Originally published in the early 1980s as a 23 part serial.

Subtitled "Tales of Newfoundland". A slim work, probably to be read to a child. As a birthday present, 10 year old Georgie's grandmother reads him some adventures from his late grandfather's old journal from when he was a young missionary in Newfoundland, and then relates the heroic ancestry of Georgie's new Newfoundland puppy. Includes several engraved illustrations. [As shown by the following passage from the story, the term "Newfy" was in use even in the 1870s, regardless of the self-assured, and obviously erroneous, claim made by one website that the term originated with a particular American at the military base at Argentia in the early 1940s. Young Georgie is speaking to his grandmother, "Ah! how glad I am that you mean really to let me have the beautiful pup. I have chosen a name for it already: it shall be called Newfy, because its mother came from Newfoundland."]

[10-5/8x10-1/4 format] Starts with the artist's biography, then proceeds to a color selection of his paintings, each accompanied by one or more praiseful, and often fatuous, blurbs from various contributors. Larger images of the paintings and far less verbiage would be improvements.

Originally published as "Ghosts, Heroes and Oddities" in 1991. Numerous very short stories and poems, most qualifying as trivia, grouped under the headings "Ghosts", "Heroes", "History", "Oddities", "Old Times", "Folk Beliefs", "Interesting people", "Treasure" and "War". Gathered from various sources (a bibliography is included), and includes quite a range of quality.

A collection of numerous Christmas season stories and poems, all written by the author. Most previously published during the prior 25 or so years. A mixture of wit, nostalgia, religion and morality, mostly set in rural Newfoundland. communities. Mixed quality, but there should be something here of interest for everyone.

Subtitled "Historic Architecture of St. John's". [10x7 format] A series of black&white line drawings, each accompanied by a page of descriptive text, of various houses, churches and other buildings in and around St. John's. With a forward by Paul O'Neill.

According to the back cover, the first in the "Bea and Mildred Mystery series", a tale of blackmail and murder set in 1902 Newfoundland. After slogging through the first 100 pages (a little past 1/3 of the way into the book), the story was still lost in uninteresting details and still not near the claimed central themes, so it went back on the shelf!

A slim novel, pitched at the pre-teen reader. About a 13 year old girl, Newfoundland born but mainland city bred, who is forced to return alone at Christmas time to visit relatives in a small outport.

An adventure-romance novel set in the settlements south of St. Anthony on the west coast of Newfoundland. The central characters are two American sisters, 16 year old Polly, and Margaret, a few years older. Margaret has come to teach for a summer in a Grenfell school in a tiny lumber camp settlement, and Polly has come along for the adventure. Lots of local color, but seriously marred by the characterizations of the sisters, particularly of Polly, who are both self-absorbed, thin skinned, willful, judgemental, and seem to expect the world to revolve around them.

Subtitled "Offbeat History of the Newfoundland Sealfishery". A volume of columns selected from the "Offbeat History" newspaper feature from the St. John's "Evening Telegram". About two dozen stories involving the seal fishery, with titles such as "Jowlers and Growlers", "Ice Bridge Saves Brigantine's Crew" and "Steamer Gets Seals and Smallpox".

Subtitled "and other ghostly campfire tales". Twenty-six tales, more spooky than violent or bloody, with an interesting section included at the back which relates the origin of each story, about half of which are from Newfoundland.

Subtitled "And Other Nonsense Verse". [8-1/2x5-5/8 format] A slim illustrated book of limerick poetry for children.

A slim novel, presenting a slice of life as seen through the eyes of a very young outport boy, who in the space of a year has lost his mother and must now accustom himself to his father's new wife and to a new house in a nearby town. Well written, if slight.

A collection of sixteen tales about early adventures involving Seventh Day Adventists in Newfoundland. The stories are largely anecdotal, supposedly true as related, and generally colorful, but they also appear to be primarily written to provide maximum religious inspiration, and as such are often cloying and probably only of interest to those within this religion.

Subtitled "The War Letters of Lance Corporal Curtis Forsey". Letters home from a Newfoundland man serving with the Newfoundland Regiment during World War I. Starting in 1917, from enlistment through training in Scotland and England, action in Belgium and France, the armistice and mustering out, to returning home. Lots of footnotes explaining both the people and places mentioned in the letters, not only adding to the interest but also making this a sort of family history of the subject soldier.

[9-1/4x11-1/4 format] A lightweight armchair tour of bits of Newfoundland history, with a sightseeing trip to the fishing bank actually named the "Grand Bank" in a government supplied boat, and some pondering on the problems with and the future of the fishery. Includes a section of fisheries related color photos. A "coffee table" book.

A gathering of 38 odds and ends from the area of Quirpon, including stories attributed to various people that told their stories to the author, plus various voters lists, store accounts, and price lists (a bit of a lot of things), but other than as a curiosity doubtful to be of much interest to anyone not from the area. Many black&white photos.

A detailed narrative tracing the early attempts to fly the Atlantic from North America to Europe. The emphasis is on the flight attempts in 1919 and the fliers involved, but sitting astride the shortest route between the two places, Newfoundland is ideally located to be the jumping off point. Includes details of the various encampments - including St John's, Quidi Vidi, Harbour Grace and Trepassey. Very interesting!

A reprint of a souvenir booklet originally published in Boston in 1892 providing an overview of the fire, some oft seen photos of the aftermath, lists of contributors to relief, and reprints of local (Boston) ads.

Subtitled "A Story of Mystery in Newfoundland". A novel for young readers. A tale of hidden pirate treasure in the outport of Ship Cove in Conception Bay.

Subtitled "Some observations in and about Newfoundland". A mixture of history and travelog by a mainland visitor. At its best when recounting his first hand observations and encounters.

Originally published in 1866 as "Newfoundland and it's Missionaries" part 1. A one volume geography - geology - history - of Newfoundland, with most of it taken from government statistics and other second hand sources. Interesting mostly because of its age.

Note on the title page "originally published as Vikings Of The Ice, being the log of a Tenderfoot on the Great Newfoundland Seal Hunt" (originally published in 1924). This republication includes another writer's pompous anti-sealing essay as an introduction, attempting to portray the book itself as being anti-sealing - which it is not! See the review of "Vikings Of The Ice" for details.

Subtitled "Memories of Labrador". A memoir of a man born in Labrador and who lived there for many years, engaging in various occupations including forestry, trapping, and running a sawmill. A mixture of tales gathered from others and his own experiences. Provides a wealth of detail about surviving in a place both beautiful and harsh.

Subtitled "The log of the IGA Marine Railway which operated at St. Anthony from 1928-75". Actually the log of the repair dock owned by the railway. Literally a chronological list of the brief diary-like entries summarizing the services provided to hundreds of boats over the years. Useful for research, but not as a story to be read.

A very slim biography of Dr. Grenfell, opening with a brief survey of western Newfoundland history. Whether or not the author really knew Grenfell, the book looks to be almost entirely a rehash of the work of other authors.

A very slight novel set in the vicinity of Englee, detailing seemingly randomly some of the author's encounters and observations. If almost every page wasn't mostly blank space, would be a booklet! Often lyric and colorful in it's words; told as a mixture of prose and narrative.

Subtitled "A Tale Of The Fur Trappers" and "A Tale of the Labrador Wild". A novel about two teenaged boys' adventures one winter trapping in Labrador after their father is injured and the family desperately needs money for a younger brother's eye operation. Includes a brief forward by the Boy Scouts of America. At times reads like a soap opera; at other times has some heavy-handed moralizing by the narrator. Still, generally entertaining. For younger teens.

Subtitled "A Living Landscape". Gros Morne and the Bonne Bay area, mostly set in the present day, with some nice photos.

A suspense novel set in the Deer Lake area of Newfoundland, featuring a hunting outfitter whose adult son has been killed by a bear, an orphaned bear cub that the outfitter raises, and a sudden onslaught of bears attacking and eating people while ignoring their normal prey. Set in the present day.

Subtitled "166th (Newfoundland) Field Regiment Royal Artillery". [11x8-1/2 format] A book of pictures documenting the 166th, its men, its weapons, and its wartime actions.