{"product_id":"rockbound-paperback","title":"Rockbound - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1928, this Canadian classic describes the lives of the people that make up an isolated fishing community on the fictional island of Rockbound, off Nova Scotia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is set just before the start of the First World War, in the opening years of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel may be described as being of its time, but it still evokes the eternal battle between humans and their environment: the struggle of the fishermen to survive working in the harsh seas in order to earn their livings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Parker Day (1881-1951) was a native of Nova Scotia and would have been able to draw on his own life experience to describe the island of Rockbound and its inhabitants.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374224670943,"sku":"9781910146729","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JDROR844EV9781910146729.webp?v=1789175560","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/rockbound-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}