Sailors Slackers and Blind Pigs

by Kimber, Stephen

Stephen Kimber, Director of the School of Journalism at King’s College in Halifax and former producer for CBC and CTV, is the author of four non-fiction books, including the bestselling Flight 111: The Tragedy of the Swissair Crash. He has won an ACTRA award for documentary writing and a National Author’s Award. He and his wife and three children live in Halifax.From the Hardcover edition.

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