Winthrop Writer Pens Drama of 1935 August Gale

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WINTHROP - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh of Winthrop will launch her new book, a sea drama and memoir about the devastating 1935 August Gale off Newfoundland, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Bailey Public Library.

"August Gale: A Father and Daughter's Journey Into the Storm" tells the story of the killer hurricane that roared across Newfoundland in 1935, took the lives of more than 40 Newfoundland fishermen and devastated the Walsh family. Four of their men were lost at sea: Captain Patrick Walsh and three of his sons.

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Winthrop Writer Pens Drama of 1935 August Gale

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