Red Dog, Red Dog
Patrick Lane
Red Dog, Red Dog by Patrick Lane is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Read Time: ~13.8 hr
Blackstrap Hawco
by Kenneth J. Harvey (2008)
About this book
Named in a moment of anger, Blackstrap Hawco is heir to an island dominion picked over by its adoptive nation. From the arrivals of the indentured Irish to the Victorian drawing rooms of the English merchants, from the perilous seal hunt to the raucous iron ore mines, from a notorious disaster at sea to the relocation of outport communities, the family legend might be all his people have left to live for. But as Blackstrap Hawco - a novel that will consume you in its dazzling swirl of voices, legends and beautiful hearsay - testifies, a story this haunting, this powerful, might just be enough.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraContemporary
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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