By Great Waters: A Newfoundland and Labrador Anthology - Selections from 1003 to the Present (The Social History of Canada Series Book 21)

xi, 262 pp. Map precedes text, bibliography follows text. From the publisher: "This anthology represents a splendid portrait of Newfoundland past and present. The sixty-five items begin with an extract from the Vinland sagas and end with contemporary writings, to provide a broad survey of the province's historical and cultural development. The editors have selected first-hand accounts of life in Newfoundland and also imaginative writing with Newfoundland as its setting. These have been arranged chronologically in four sections: Discovery and Exploration; Transatlantic Outpost; Colonial Era; and Breakers Ahead... A special feature is the biographical information on the authors represented in the anthology. Many of them have not been included in Canadian reference works. Peter Neary and Patrick O'Flaherty have also compiled the first select bibliography of Newfoundland, which will be of value to scholars in many disciplines."