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Bay of Spirits : A Love Story by Farley Mowat (2007, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHachette Books

ISBN-10078671994X

ISBN-139780786719945

eBay Product ID (ePID)7038804620

Product Key Features

Book TitleBay of Spirits : a Love Story

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCultural Heritage, Canada / Atlantic Provinces (NB, Nl, ns, Pe), Adventurers & Explorers

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorFarley Mowat

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight22.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-549300

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Farley Mowat writes as a good helmsman steers -- with easy skill, admirable precision, and the authority of a sailor in his element." -- Nicholas Monsarrat

Dewey Decimal971.804092

SynopsisDescribes how writer Farley Mowat met his wife, Claire, and tells how they spent summers sailing the Newfoundland coast., This is the story of a love affair with a people and a place, of the summers Farley Mowat spent sailing the Newfoundland coast with his wife Claire. It is an affectionate, unforgettable portrait of a time, a people, and a place, as well as the indomitable spirit of this island province., In 1957, Farley Mowat shipped out aboard one of Newfoundland's famous coastal steamers, tramping from outport to outport along the southwest coast. The indomitable spirit of the people and the bleak beauty of the landscape would lure him back again and again over the years. In the process of falling in love with a people and a place, Mowat also met the woman who would be the great love of his life. A stunningly beautiful and talented young artist, Claire Wheeler insouciantly climbed aboard Farley's beloved but jinxed schooner as it lay on the St. Pierre docks, once again in a cradle for repairs, and changed both their lives forever. This is the story of that love affair, of summers spent sailing the Newfoundland coast, and of their decision to start their life together in Burgeo, one of the province's last remaining outports. It is also an unforgettable portrait of the last of the outport people and a way of life that had survived for centuries but was now passing forever. Affectionate, unsentimental, this is a burnished gem from an undiminished talent. "I was inside my vessel painting the cabin when I heard the sounds of a scuffle nearby. I poked my head out the companionway in time to see a lithesome young woman swarming up the ladder which leaned against Happy Adventure's flank. Whining expectantly, the shipyard dog was endeavouring to follow this attractive stranger. I could see why. As slim and graceful as a ballet dancer (which, I would later learn, was one of her avocations), she appeared to be wearing a gleaming golden helmet (her own smoothly bobbed head of hair) and was as radiantly lovely as any Saxon goddess. I invited her aboard, while pushing the dog down theladder. "That's only Blanche," I reassured my visitor. "He won't bite. He's just, uh . . . being friendly." "That's nice to know," she said sweetly. Then she smiled . . . and I was lost." -From "Bay of Spirits"

LC Classification NumberPR9199.3.M68Z46 2007