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Maps by Larry Harris.

DEDICATION

For Grandfather Hubley (1888–1975) and

my mother, Dorothy (née Hubley) Cuthbertson (1921–2015),

proud Nova Scotians

CONTENTS

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DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

1 “THEIRS NOT TO REASON WHY”

2 EIGHT KNOTS . . . “ON A GOOD DAY”

3 WARDEN OF THE NORTH

4 DEPARTURE DELAYED

5 SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO “BE MADE A GOAT FOR THIS”

6 CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER

7 “THE MOST BRITISH CITY IN [NORTH] AMERICA”

8 ON THE EVE OF DISASTER

9 THE DAY BEGINS

10 RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY

11 “YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT THESE DAMN FOOLS ARE DOING!”

12 NO WAY OUT

13 “I DON’T LIKE THE LOOK OF THAT FIRE”

14 A SPECTACLE TO BEHOLD

15 CAUSE FOR ALARM

16 “GOOD-BYE, BOYS”

17 “A SOUND FOR GOD TO MAKE, NOT MAN”

18 “MY, WHAT A RUSH OF WIND”