FOREWORD Writing the Sea includes those short stories previously published in the book The Caribou Disaster and Other Short Stories, a collection of articles and features from the pages of the St. [...] An example of this is “Death March.” “Death March” was written as a special feature commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the SS Newfoundland disaster, and the newspaper, realizing the significance of the event, permitted the writer to devote ix CASSIE BROWN considerable time in conducting the research, writing, and editing. [...] I was peaceful and happy by the time my parents decided to cross the river in order to fish on the sweeping curve of the river bend. [...] Saturday night the hills of Garia Bay rang to the shouts and merriment of our party, and the city people were terribly impressed by the weekend on the millionaire’s yacht, and the family reunion was a success beyond their wildest dreams. [...] The survivors of the sinking of the SS Caribou on the deck of the Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper Grandmere, on her way to North Sydney, Nova Scotia.