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Loading... The Boat Who Wouldn't Floatby Farley Mowat
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I just finished this one last night. I "sailed" along with Farley and his various companions along the coast of the Avalon and across the Southern shore of Newfoundland and finally onto Cape Breton and onto Montreal. I could really appreciate the humour in this book as I am originally from Ontario and have been living in Newfoundland just over two years. Things are a little different here(in a good way). The book brought lots of laughs and smiles. (  ) kardea | Nov 4, 2008 |  An other great one by Mowat ( ) laustin | Jul 13, 2008 | Funny stories of a cheerful crew of Newfoundlanders with Mowat as skipper, and their ship "Happy Adventure" with a tendency to sink. The ship limps along the coast of Newfoundland and the Maritimes and up the St. Lawrence. This new edition includes 90 black and white drawings by Marc G. P. Berthier to capture the sea air and adventures. Very enjoyable yarns. (  ) tripleblessings | Feb 2, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 055327788X, Mass Market Paperback)Happy Adventure was a schooner with one fatal flaw. It leaked like a sieve. So why would anyone repeatedly expose himself and his friends to the elements of the North Atlantic in a treacherous, stubborn, uncomfortable, unfloatable boat which at last count, has sunk eight times? Any explanation of this appalling narative seems outrageously unlikely. But the story is true. All too true. And it's decidedly the funniest story yet from Farley Mowat, whose books have sold over a million and a half copies in this country alone.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:20 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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