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Goodbye Picadilly!:
A Silver Islet Shipwreck

Written by
Bill MacDonald


Cover of Goodbye Picadilly!



100 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 9780888871862
$12.95 CA





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About the Book On the stormy night of September 29, 1926, the luxurious American passenger steamer, Picadilly, crossing Lake Superior from Isle Royale to Canada, is wrecked, after striking a reef between Burnt Island and Powder Rock. Fortunately, all 162 of her passengers are rescued before the ship disappears beneath the waves. They are taken in and cared for by residents of Silver Islet, a nearby coastal community, who, before Picadilly slips to her dark, watery grave, do some very bizarre things. Their actions will haunt them for many years. Indeed, there are those who say that the ghost of Captain John Greenbrier, Picadilly´s master, haunts them to this very day.




About the Author Bill MacDonald
Since graduating from the University of Manitoba, and a year in Paris studying at the Sorbonne, Bill has been a forester, arctic weatherman, immigration officer, and school teacher. He lives in Thunder Bay, selling his books and scenic photography at Fireweed Crafts Inc. His short fiction has appeared in "Geist Magazine" and "Prairie Fire." Recent books include: "Lamplight" (2010), "Sirens" (2009), "The Quarry" (2008), "Shadows at Sunset" (2007), "Ruby's Last Ride and other stories" (2007),"Close the Door Softly and other stories" (2007), "A House in the Country"(2007), "Through a Dark Cloud Shining" (2006), "Catwalk: a feline odyssey" (2006), "Barnabus Snug Harbour" (2006), "Soothsayer" (2006), "The Holly Tree" (2005), "Stinging Nettles" (2005), "Christmas Eve at Silver Islet" (2004), "Vive Zigoto" (2004), "Daughters of the Sun - Filles du soleil" (2003), "Hyenas in the Streets" (2003), "Goodbye Picadilly" (2002), "Patagonian Odyssey!" (2001), "Home Before Dark" (2001), and "The Great Millennium Mount Everest Cat Expedition" (2000).





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