The Last Of The Ice Hunters: An Oral History Of The Newfoundland Seal Hunt
by Shannon Ryan /
2014 / English / EPUB
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The Last of the Ice Hunters
The Last of the Ice Hunters is a history of the seal hunt,
an industry now in decline, but one which provided the few
opportunities for employment to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians
during the 1930s. Written in the words of the sealers themselves,
the book is a compilation of interviews conducted by students who
trained under Professor Shannon Ryan of Memorial University of
Newfoundland. This study of the seal hunt begins with a chapter on
the introduction, background, and overall development of the seal
hunt up to 1950.
is a history of the seal hunt,
an industry now in decline, but one which provided the few
opportunities for employment to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians
during the 1930s. Written in the words of the sealers themselves,
the book is a compilation of interviews conducted by students who
trained under Professor Shannon Ryan of Memorial University of
Newfoundland. This study of the seal hunt begins with a chapter on
the introduction, background, and overall development of the seal
hunt up to 1950.
The majority of the interviews describe sealing practices and
traditions as they existed during the Great Depression through to
the Commission of Government period (1934-1949). The interviews
show the lives of the men, young and old, who worked hard, under
harsh conditions, to provide for their families. This book also
recognizes and commemorates the end of Newfoundland's traditional
seal hunt.
The majority of the interviews describe sealing practices and
traditions as they existed during the Great Depression through to
the Commission of Government period (1934-1949). The interviews
show the lives of the men, young and old, who worked hard, under
harsh conditions, to provide for their families. This book also
recognizes and commemorates the end of Newfoundland's traditional
seal hunt.The Last of the Ice Hunters
The Last of the Ice Hunters is intended to
provide a resource for others to use in their pursuits of
information on sealers, their dependants, and the social and
economic circumstances of the first half of the twentieth
century.
is intended to
provide a resource for others to use in their pursuits of
information on sealers, their dependants, and the social and
economic circumstances of the first half of the twentieth
century.