Harbor Tales Down North / With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D.

A collection of short tales set in rugged northern coastal settlements that blend humor, pathos, and vivid natural description. The stories present a parade of local personalities and small-town scenes shaped by the sea, moving between comic mishap, quiet endurance, and sudden moral choice. Regional speech and close observational detail give texture to sketches of everyday hardship, kindness, and stubborn resilience. An introductory appreciation and illustrations frame varied episodes that cohere through an attentive, sympathetic portrait of community life and the beauty and danger of the shoreline.