The Beothuk Expedition (26 page)

Much of the detail for this novel has been drawn from the journal of John Cartwright and from the records of George Cartwright, Hugh Palliser, Joseph Banks and others. In many cases, the words of the characters have been taken directly from those documents.

Derek Yetman
St. John's, Newfoundland
October 2011

Derek Yetman
has been a writer, editor and journalist for more than thirty years. His interest in Newfoundland military and naval history began when he was a naval reservist and an officer of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. His attachment to the nautical world continues as secretary of the Crow's Nest Officers' Club and as skipper of the sailboat
Second Wind
. He lives in St. John's.
The Beothuk Expedition
is his fourth novel.