{"product_id":"the-curve-of-time-hardcover","title":"The Curve of Time - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. Wylie Blanchet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTimothy Egan\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eGray Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- M. Wylie Blanchet \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this book, she left us with a sensitive and compelling account of their journeys. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e M. Wylie Blanchet was born Muriel Wylie Liffiton on May 2, 1891, in Montreal, Quebec. She married Geoffrey Orme Blanchet in 1909, but was widowed in 1926, leaving her to raise five children on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. For several summers Muriel, her children, and the family dog set off in a twenty-five foot motorboat, the Caprice, to explore the waters between Vancouver Island and the rugged Canadian mainland. They were on their own, with Muriel as captain, anchoring in secluded coves to tramp the wilderness, examining architecture and burial grounds in deserted native villages, and meeting the region's various human and animal inhabitants. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Muriel wrote about their journeys, and was successful in having articles published in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eBlackwood's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1962, the year Muriel died, Blackwood and Sons of Edinburgh, Scotland published \u003ci\u003eThe Curve in Time\u003c\/i\u003e, which described several summers of the family explorations. In 1968, Gray Publishing in Canada printed a second edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Curve in Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and since then it has earned a reputation as a Canadian classic. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51988795556141,"sku":"9781770500372","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/dYbnFGIQBY9781770500372.webp?v=1776235818","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-curve-of-time-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}