 Domino: The Eskimo Coast Disaster tells a compelling tale that was almost lost: the true story of a deadly hurricane that devastated Labrador in 1885. Fishermen and their families on their way home from a hard summer's work were caught in the fierce winds and waves, with 66 ships wrecked and over seventy people losing their lives. Click here to read a Domino Q & A with Maura.Listen to Maura's interview about Domino from CBC Radio's Weekend Arts Magazine with host Angela Antle.
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Tsunami: the Newfoundland Tidal Wave Disaster (2004)A Canadian best-seller, this books was short-listed for the 2005 Rogers Cable Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award and won the Historic Sites Association Heritage and History Award: Just after the 1929 stock market crash, a tsunami destroyed houses, boats, and lives onNewfoundland's south coast. Tsunami recounts the tragedies and the rescues, the sorrow and the hope.
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Rogues and Heroes (co-written with Paul Butler, 2005): This book tells the stories of fascinating figures in Newfoundland history: some were feared, others adored, and still more inhabited the misty landscape that makes them rogues to some and heroes to others.
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The Doryman(2003) Short-listed for the 2004 Newfoundland Historic Sties Association Heritage and Heritage Award: In the 1880s, boys were ripped out of the schoolroom to fish on the Grand Banks; Richard Hanrahan was one of them. This true story follows his struggle with the economic and social powers that chain his dreams fast to rugged shore.
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A Faith that Challenges: the Life of Jim McSheffrey (2002): The late Jesuit brother, Jim McSheffrey, was a thorn in the side of the authorities but a friend to people living in poverty. The quiet, determined, and congenial man behind the activism comes through in this biography.
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A VeritableScoff: Sources on Foodways and Nutrition in Newfoundland and Labrador (co-written with Marg Ewtushik, 2001) This book is an annotatedbibliography of 170 writings on food in Newfoundland and Labrador from 1630 to2000.
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Uncertain Refuge: Lectures on Newfoundland Society and Culture (1993)
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