| The Curve of Time Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Blanchet, M. Wylie (Author), Egan, Timothy (Foreword by), Campbell, Gray (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1770500375 ISBN-13: 9781770500372 Publisher: Whitecap Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Our world then was both wide and narrow -- wide in the immensity of sea and mountain; narrow in that the boat was very small, and we lived and camped, explored and swam in a little realm of our own making." The 50th anniversary edition of this coastal British Columbia classic, now in beautifully illustrated hardcover, will make a timeless keepsake. This is a biography and astonishing adventure story of a woman who, left a widow in 1927, packed her five children onto a 25-foot boat and cruised the coastal waters of British Columbia, summer after summer. Muriel Wylie Blanchet acted single-handedly as skipper, navigator, engineer and, of course, mother, as she saw her crew through encounters with tides, fog, storms, rapids, cougars and bears. She sharpened in her children a special interest in Haida culture and in nature itself. In this book, she left us with a sensitive and compelling account of their journeys. |
Contributor Bio(s): Blanchet, M.: - by M. Wylie Blanchet; foreword by Timothy Egan; introduction by Gray Campbell; afterword by Eille |