THE NEW FOUNDE LAND Volume 18 Number 1 Farley Mowat draws from
his own authoritative works on Newfoundland to create a
fascinating eulogy for traditional life on the Rock. He captures
the character of the seafolk, whose chosen life-style remained
the same from one generation to the next until they were pushed
unwillingly into the twentieth century by the political
machinations of Joey Smallwood. From the unification with Canada
in 1949 to the present, the government has continued
purposefully to dislodge the people from their outport homes and
seagoing livelihoods into larger mining and industrial
communities, systematically destroying both the natural and
human environment in the name of progress.Mowat brings both
Newfoundland's past and present to life, taking the reader
through the Norse sagas, the first European visits, and the
establishment of permanent settlements based on cod fishing and
seal hunting. Interspersed with this historical account are
Mowat's own experiences while living on the south coast