The Wastell family had much to contend with on a daily basis. Besides running a sawmill and surviving in very un-genteel circumstances, Norris's mother, a registered nurse, was the only source of medical help in the community. Not surprisingly, she had to treat all types of ailments ranging from pneumonia to severed fingers and deliver numerous babies in all sorts of conditions. The sawmill's tugboat often had to serve double duty as an emergency ambulance. It was t an easy life or childhood for Norris and her younger sister, but it was an exciting one. She never learned how to ride a bicycle, but she could row a skiff or hook a runaway log as well as any grownup. As children, Norris and her sister ventured out in an open boat with a 2 hp engine to salvage wood, all the time contending with tides and unpredictable weather. They grew up in a world of kelp dolls and killer whales and a very odd assortment of West Coast eccentrics, new Canadians with little English, mill workers, coastal drifters in leaky boats and jacks-of-all-trades from the streets of Vancouver. Norris's memoir, full of humour, hardship, and remarkable events is one of the more charming and insightful portraits we have yet had of upcoast life between the wars, a busy and colourful period justifiably described as the golden age of the BC coast.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harbour Publishing
ISBN-10
1550171216
ISBN-13
9781550171211
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108122287
Product Key Features
Author
Pat Wastell Norris
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Local History, Names & Genealogy
Additional Product Features
Series Part/Volume Number
Number 16
Series Title
Raincoast Chronicles
Content Note
Illus
Out-Of-Print Date
04/11/2009
Date of Publication
01/01/1995
Imprint
Harbour Publishing
Country of Publication
CA
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