Far from shore

Description:

Follows the lives of a Newfoundland family for several months as they deal with the father's drinking and unemployment, the son's poor choice of friends and subsequent problems, and general familial deterioration.

subjects: Family,  Family problems,  Fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Correspondence,  Commerce,  Confederacy (Frigate),  United States,  Willing & Morris (Philadelphia, Pa.),  United States. Continental Congress,  Economic policy,  Willing & Frances,  History,  Children's fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  Problem youth,  Camps,  Social life and customs,  Jeunes en difficulté,  Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse,  Colonies de vacances,  Moeurs et coutumes,  Description and travel,  Early works to 1800

Places: Newfoundland,  Newfoundland and Labrador