Growing up in BC during the 1920s, young Fraser Miles never knew anything but poverty. There was no social stigma to being poor - most of his neighbours were not much better off - but in his late teens Miles began to look for a way to finance a career in the growing field of radio electronics. Not long after he was hired as radio operator on the Ruth B, the young man noticed that the alleged fishpacker was packing anything but fish. These were the Prohibition years; there was less money in freezing herring than there was ...
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Growing up in BC during the 1920s, young Fraser Miles never knew anything but poverty. There was no social stigma to being poor - most of his neighbours were not much better off - but in his late teens Miles began to look for a way to finance a career in the growing field of radio electronics. Not long after he was hired as radio operator on the Ruth B, the young man noticed that the alleged fishpacker was packing anything but fish. These were the Prohibition years; there was less money in freezing herring than there was in smuggling liquor to the thirsty multitudes south of the border. Slow Boat on Rum Row begins as a fascinating memoir of Fraser Miles' youth in the fledgling community of Mission on the Fraser River, a rugged milieu where beachcombing and cougar hunting were more important than high school in teaching a boy the hard facts of survival. Miles' account of his years on the rumboats, always one step, ahead of the law, is an exciting story of survival at sea. It is also a valuable addition to an episode of coast history that is little documented. After all, rum runners, as a group, Miles writes, made the Sphinx sound like a chatterbox.
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Add this copy of Slow Boat on Rum Row to cart. $39.00, very good condition, Sold by Hourglass Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, BC, CANADA, published 1992 by Harbour Pub Co.
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Very Good+ in Near Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Inscribed by Fraser Miles on the title page: "For__ with best wishes, Fraser Miles; " minor edge wear to boards; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectable condition; dust jacket is protected by a Brodart sleeve.
Add this copy of Slow Boat on Rum Row to cart. $46.24, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Harbour Publishing.
Add this copy of Slow Boat on Rum Row to cart. $68.89, like new condition, Sold by RareNonFiction rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ladysmith, BC, CANADA, published 1992 by Harbour Publishing Company, Limited.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1550170694. 270 pages. "Documents the men and the ships of a little-known period in west coast history. Pays funny and fascinating tribute to the unsung heroes of an inglorious history."-from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket in Archival-quality Brodart cover. Beautiful copy.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY CANADA GENERAL Slow Boat on Rum Row Smuggling Pacific Coast History Prohibition United States Alcohol Smugglers Biography Mission.
