Robert MacKinnon is an ex-RCMP officer, an armchair historian, and a world-renowned maritime salver and treasure hunter. Blood and & Salt captivates readers with more of Robert\u2019s tales of shipwrecks, buried treasure, unscrupulous privateers and lost villages. But that\u2019s not all. Blood & Salt also explores Robert\u2019s own intriguing Highland Scots heritage as a member of Clan MacKinnon. This affords him a deep connection to monumental historic events such as the Highland Clearances and the Battle of Culloden, as well as a direct blood relationship to Donald 1st, 7th century King of the Picts,and a Norse princess known as Saucy Mary.<\/p>\n
This eclectic collection of stories shares with readers many other aspects of Robert\u2019s professional and personal experience. He tells a chilling story of being the first RCMP officer at the crash site of Air Canada Flight 621 in 1970, arriving to find the DC-8 and all of its 109 passengers and crew disintegrated beyond recognition. Another tale reveals Robert\u2019s long-time association with Frenchie, a Mi\u2019kmaw man who gives him, and readers, an up-close-and-personal lesson in Mi\u2019kmaw traditions and legends. And true to his nature, Robert presents readers with his own deeply held views on a variety of topics, like unfair maritime law, government bureaucracy and Cape Breton independence.<\/p>\n
And in case you\u2019re not already hooked, Blood & Salt revives the age-old debate: Was Captain Kidd really a visitor to the Mira River?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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