The Sea Was in Their Blood

Quentin Casey

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The Sea Was in Their Blood

The Disappearance of the Miss Ally's Five-Man Crew

  Author:   Quentin Casey    
  Publisher:  琉璃社区 Publishing

It was a frigid night in February 2013 when the five young fishermen vanished. The crew of the Miss Ally鈥攁 12-metre Cape Islander from Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia鈥攚as fishing for halibut far off the Nova Scotia coast when their boat’s spotlight malfunctioned. A vicious winter storm was approaching from her south, and all other boats at the fishing grounds were steaming for shore. Unable to locate his longlining gear, the Miss Ally‘s young captain decided to stay an extra day to retrieve the gear and, hopefully, a big catch.

Their retreat delayed, the Miss Ally crew ended up pounded by hurricane-force winds and waves well over 10 metres high. Late on February 17, the boat foundered. The five young men aboard鈥擪atlin Nickerson, Billy Jack Hatfield, Joel Hopkins, Cole Nickerson, and Tyson Townsend鈥攚ere never found.

The Sea Was in Their Blood explores two key questions: who were the men aboard the Miss Ally, and why were they battered and sunk by a storm forecasted days in advance? Through interviews with the crew’s families and friends, rescue personnel, and members of the tight-knit fishing communities of Woods Harbour and Cape Sable Island, award-winning journalist Quentin Casey pieces together the tragic sinking鈥攊ncluding important case details not previously reported鈥攁nd weaves in the backstories of the Miss Ally‘s crew and the lingering effects of their disappearance.

A portion of the royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to various charitable causes associated with the Miss Ally.
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Details and Specs
ISBN associated with this title: 9781771084796
Item NB1230
Publisher琉璃社区 Publishing
Publisher琉璃社区 Publishing
Published on April 12 2017
Language eng
Pages 256
Format Paperback
Dimensions9(in) x 6(in)
Shipping weight410(g)
Status ACTIVE TITLE
Quentin Casey
Quentin Casey is a journalist who also holds a master's degree in Maritime Canadian history from Dalhousie University. His reporting has appeared in the Financial Post, Canadian Business magazine, and Reader's Digest. He is the author of Joshua Slocum: The Captain Who Sailed Around the World, and The Sea Was in Their Blood: The Disappearance of the Miss Ally's Five-Man Crew, which won an Atlantic Book Award for non-fiction in 2018. He lives in Mahone Bay, NS.

Quick Quotes

"This effectively written, dramatic examination of a tragedy that most observers would probably say didn't need to happen will be of most interest to Canadian readers, but it will also draw an audience from anyone drawn to sea disasters." 鈥擝ooklist (Chicago, IL)
  

"Casey, who allows the reader to get to know each and every one of the aforementioned five fishermen who tragically disappeared on February 17, 2013, provides new insight as to "why they were battered and sunk by a storm forecasted days in advance" through this thorough investigation of the matter at hand." 鈥擫inkedin: The Weekly Review
  

Award Winners & Nominees


Atlantic Book Award, Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award (Non-fiction)


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