August gale: a father and daughter's journey into the storm

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Walsh Family Tree

Chapter 1. A Sudden Wind-Brooklyn, August 1935

Chapter 2. Lured by the Gale-Maine, February 2002

Chapter 3. The King of Marystown-Newfoundland, 1935

Chapter 4. The Family Storm Unravels-New Hampshire, 2002

Chapter 5. "'Tis Nothing but Worry and Waiting"-Marystown, August 1935

Chapter 6. Victory Ships and a San Francisco Tempest-My parents' kitchen, April 2003

Chapter 7. Gathering a Crew-Marystown, August 1935

Chapter 8. The Sisters Gather-Newburypor, Mass., May 2003

Chapter 9. Father McGettigan's Torment-Marystown, late August 1935

Chapter 10. Pictures of the Past-Maine, June 2003

Chapter 11. A Premonition and a Dark Cloud-Marystown, August 1935

Chapter 12. Heading into the Storm-Newfoundland, June 2003

Chapter 13. Mustering Courage on Board Annie Anita and Mary Bernice-August 21, 1935

Chapter 14. "Welcome Home"-Marystown, June 2003

Chapter 15. The Tempest Roars North-North Atlantic, 1935

Chapter 16. Chasing Ancestors-Marystown, June 2003

Chapter 17. "There's a Divil Coming!"-Newfoundland Fishing Grounds, August 1935

Chapter 18. Mountainous Waves and Mighty MenMarystown, 2003

Chapter 19. Prayers and Apparitions-Marystown, August 1935

Chapter 20. "My Poor Daddy Was Lost"-Marystown, 2003

Chapter 21. Shipwrecked Schooners and Bodies Swallowed by the Sea-Newfoundland, 1935

Chapter 22. "The Whole Town Just Stumbled into Shock"-Marystown, 2003

Chapter 23. McGettigan's Grim Task-Marystown, August 1935

Chapter 24. A Final Voyage-Marystown, 2003

Chapter 25. "'Tis the Queerest Wake"-Marystown, 1935

Chapter 26. Ambrose Continues to Haunt-Marystown, 2003

Chapter 27. Digging Up the Grave-Marystown, 1935

Chapter 28. Graveyards and Redemption-Marystown, June 2003

Chapter 29. The Storm Still Lingers-Marystown, 1935

Chapter 30. August Thunder and Ambrose's Daughters-New Hampshire, August 2003

Chapter 31. "Left in a Dreamland"Newfoundland, 1935-2005

Chapter 32:. One Last JourneyBrooklyn and Staten Island, October 2006

Acknowledgments

Glossary of Newfoundland and Nautical Terms

August Gale Storm Track

Where Paddy and James Sailed

Houses of Fishermen Who Died in the Storm

The Walsh Tragedy Song

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