"Cathy Converse has given us a welcome commentary on Capi Blanchet and her world, one that enriches our understanding of both." -- The Tyee A paperback edition of the BC Book Award-nominated biography of Capi Blanchet, the author of the BC coastal classic, The Curve of Time. After her husband died in 1926 from a suspected drowning, Capi Blanchet spent every summer cruising BC's west coast with her five children and their dog in the family's 25-foot boat. The Curve of Time is the book Capi wrote chronicling these ...
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"Cathy Converse has given us a welcome commentary on Capi Blanchet and her world, one that enriches our understanding of both." -- The Tyee A paperback edition of the BC Book Award-nominated biography of Capi Blanchet, the author of the BC coastal classic, The Curve of Time. After her husband died in 1926 from a suspected drowning, Capi Blanchet spent every summer cruising BC's west coast with her five children and their dog in the family's 25-foot boat. The Curve of Time is the book Capi wrote chronicling these adventures, and it remains a bestseller and a classic in the annals of nautical literature. But little is known about the rest of her life. Cathy Converse found herself asking: who was this skipper, this mother, this writer? In this biography, Converse offers insiders' recollections of this enigmatic woman, along with family photos and updated information about the villages, inlets and islands described in The Curve of Time . Following the Curve of Time is essential reading for anyone who has ever been captivated by the book, the West Coast or Capi herself.
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Good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. Could have library markings. Ships promptly!
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Very good in very good dust jacket. light cover rub marks. minor edge and corner wear. no marks on text. dustjacket rub marks, scratches, and wrinkles at spine top. 8 1/4" x 6", Explore the West Coast with Cathy Converse as she cruises to the same beautiful islands and inlets that Capi Blanchet traveled to more than a half-century ago, standing at the helm of a small boat named Caprice. Blanchet embarked on this adventure with her children, visiting Indigenous villages, watching grizzly bears in Knight Inlet and experiencing people and places up and down the coast. While this story is well known, Capi herself remained an enigma. In Following the Curve of Time, Converse introduces readers to previously unrevealed sides of the notoriously private woman who lived an amazing and daring life.
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