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The Boone Arctic Hoax And Newfoundland Heritage
John Hoyles Boone’s 19th century exploits are recounted in a Newfoundland tale detailing a clever hoax on New York editors, a Polaris survivors account, and Boone’s rise as a polar problem expert. The piece relays Boone’s wit, the Fisheries award drama, and his socially quirky stunts in St John’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boore
Milton
St. Jon's
New York Herald
Saome.com
Persob
Anrvigors
New York
McKay
Boone
John Franklin
Smithsonian Institute
St. John's
Henry Irving
St. John’s
Fisheries Commission
Halifax
Edward Morris
Archbishop Howley
Pitts’s
Chia
Abe Colonial
Bannerman Park
Board of Works
Newfoundland
Morris
Goldie
Union Bank
St. Barbe
Hegan
George Shea
Desrin
John T. Gillard
W. T. Stabb
Blommel Jones
Bia
Grace
Athenaeum
The
Catholic Institute
Total Abstinence Literary Club
M. Harvey
Judge Pinsent
Star of the Sea Society
Prees
N.O.C
Star of the Sea
Stout
Jolly
Big John Halls