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Document Description
Title
I'm
alone
Author
Randell, Jack, 1879-
Publisher
Jonathan
Cape
Place of Publication
London, England; Toronto, Ontario
Date
1930
Description
Captain
Jack
Randell
was
born
in
Port
Rexton
,
Newfoundland
in
1879
, and
began
a
life
at
sea
at a
young
age;
this
book
is
an
autobiographical
account
of that
life.
The
first
two
chapters
cover
his
time
at
sea
as a
young
man
, and then
chapters
three
through
eleven
recount
his
military
experience
, for
which
Randell
was
highly
decorated.
The
rest
of the
book
focuses
on the
captain's
experience
as a
rum
runner
,
including
the
international
incident
of the
sinking
of the
ship
for
which
the
book
is
titled.
--
Publisher's
postscript
gives
the
current
state
of the
arbitration
between
the
United
States
and
Canada
with
regards
to the
sinking
of the
I'm
Alone
at the
time
of
publication;
a
further
handwritten
note
at the
end
of the
postscript
(p.
287)
gives
the
amounts
eventually
awarded
in the
matter
including
the
amounts
given
to
Captain
Randell
and the
7
members
of the
crew
who
had been
wrongly
arrested
with
him.
Subject
Randell, Jack, 1879-
I'm alone (Schooner)
Seafaring life
South African War, 1899-1902--Personal narratives
Smuggling
Physical Description
287, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., frontis., map.
Location
Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
South Africa
Great Britain
Local Call Number
G
530
R3
1930
c.1
Type
Text
Resource Type
Book
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Record Number
CNS-B0201
Collection
Centre
for
Newfoundland
Studies--Digitized
Books
Repository
Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland.
Libraries.
Centre
for
Newfoundland
Studies
Language
Eng
Source
Paper
text
held
in the
Centre
for
Newfoundland
Studies.
PDF File
(44.74MB)
--
http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/ImAlone.pdf
CONTENTdm file name
75813.cpd
