The Best Loved Boat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Best Loved Boat write by Ian Kennedy. This book was released on 2023-10-28. The Best Loved Boat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Built in 1913, the Canadian Pacific Railway's ship Princess Maquinna steamed up and down the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island in summer and winter, calm weather and storms, for over forty years, and has become one of the most beloved boats in BC’s maritime history. Princess Maquinna, sometimes referred to as the “Ugly Princess” but most often “Old Faithful,” transported Indigenous people, settlers, missionaries, loggers, cannery workers, prospectors and travellers of all kinds up and down Vancouver Island’s rugged and dangerous west coast, stopping at up to forty ports of call on her seven-day run. The Princess Maquinna faithfully served as the lifeline for all those who lived on the west coast of Vancouver Island before it became accessible by roads. Because of this strong connection she became the “Best Loved Boat” in BC’s maritime history. Kennedy recounts battles through eighty-knot gales along the exposed coastline sailors called “The Graveyard of the Pacific,” and reveals the bigotry that forced Indigenous and Chinese passengers to remain on the foredeck of the ship while other passengers sheltered from the elements inside. He brings the history of this beloved ship to life with rich detail, recalling a time when this remote part of British Columbia was alive with mines, canneries and now-forgotten settlements.
The boat they laughed at
The boat they laughed at - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The boat they laughed at write by max liberson. This book was released on 2012-01-11. The boat they laughed at available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Buying a 42' ferro-cement boat for £1500 and what started as a retort to a wind-up led to the adventure of a lifetime. RYA Yachtmaster Max Liberson had been drawn to the sea all his life, but it was the chance acquisition of a yacht that apparently only he could see the potential of that allowed him to fulfil a dream. What followed was a true story of ingenuity, persistence and more anecdotal tales of woe than most sailors would want to admit to as their own. For anyone aiming to make a similar voyage, the story goes into detail of his plans beforehand and the many pitfalls and triumphs he encountered on his 9-month round trip from Battlesbridge in Essex over to the Carribean.
Hemingway's Boat
Hemingway's Boat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hemingway's Boat write by Paul Hendrickson. This book was released on 2011-09-20. Hemingway's Boat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • National Bestseller • A brilliantly conceived and illuminating reconsideration of a key period in the life of Ernest Hemingway that will forever change the way he is perceived and understood. "Hendrickson’s two strongest gifts—that compassion and his research and reporting prowess—combine to masterly effect.” —Arthur Phillips, The New York Times Book Review Focusing on the years 1934 to 1961—from Hemingway’s pinnacle as the reigning monarch of American letters until his suicide—Paul Hendrickson traces the writer's exultations and despair around the one constant in his life during this time: his beloved boat, Pilar. Drawing on previously unpublished material, including interviews with Hemingway's sons, Hendrickson shows that for all the writer's boorishness, depression and alcoholism, and despite his choleric anger, he was capable of remarkable generosity—to struggling writers, to lost souls, to the dying son of a friend. Hemingway's Boat is both stunningly original and deeply gripping, an invaluable contribution to our understanding of this great American writer, published fifty years after his death.
The Love Boat
The Love Boat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Love Boat write by Kate Lace. This book was released on 2011-07-07. The Love Boat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Love is in the air... and on the water in this fabulous new romance from Kate Lace Working as a chef on a luxurious holiday yacht, Poppy's come a long way from her parents' pub in Cornwall and enjoys a tranquil existence sailing around the Greek islands. Until the Garvie family show up that is. When their boisterous behaviour forces Poppy to pay a visit to a super-yacht docked nearby, she meets handsome deckhand Charlie and everything gets a lot more exciting. She wouldn't mind getting cosy in her cabin with him! But why does Jake, the brooding skipper, keep rocking the boat? When it comes to falling in love, Poppy may be in danger of going overboard...
Fox & Chick: The Quiet Boat Ride
Fox & Chick: The Quiet Boat Ride - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fox & Chick: The Quiet Boat Ride write by Sergio Ruzzier. This book was released on 2019-03-05. Fox & Chick: The Quiet Boat Ride available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the second book of this lauded series, Fox and Chick are off on three new adventures involving a boat ride, a mysterious box, and an early morning trip to see the sunrise. Despite the antics ensuing from their opposite personalities, the contradictory duo always manages to find a happy center. This early chapter book in comic-book form is perfect for emerging readers, while the sweet and funny characters and captivating art hold appeal for picturebook audiences as well.
