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The Big Why

The Big Why

by Michael Winter

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 376 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Steeped in the culture and folkways of remote Newfoundland, Winter's quirky novel is inspired by noted illustrator Rockwell Kent's sojoun in Brigus, Newfoundland, here he escaped with his family in 1914.as WWI erupts. Not just anyplace, Brigus is also home to Arctic explorer Capt. Bob Bartlett.  (CND309, $24.95)

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