Journeys Through the Inside Passage Seafaring Adventures along the Coast of British Columbia and Alaska |
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| Author:
| Upton, Joe |
| Series title: | Caribou Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88240-740-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
| Publisher: | West Margin Press
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| Imprint: | Alaska Northwest Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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Writer and fisherman Joe Upton recounts the riveting stories of explorers of the past and seafarers of the present in JOURNEYS THROUGH THE INSIDE PASSAGE. His chronicle offers events vivid in their telling: the journey of widow Muriel Blanchet, who solo navigated a small vessel in the 1930s with her five children; the failed meeting of explorers Alexander Mackenzie and George Vancouver in 1793; countless sinkings; and tales from the author's own experiences plying this...
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Writer and fisherman Joe Upton recounts the riveting stories of explorers of the past and seafarers of the present in JOURNEYS THROUGH THE INSIDE PASSAGE. His chronicle offers events vivid in their telling: the journey of widow Muriel Blanchet, who solo navigated a small vessel in the 1930s with her five children; the failed meeting of explorers Alexander Mackenzie and George Vancouver in 1793; countless sinkings; and tales from the author's own experiences plying this legendary waterway.