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Curve of Time [Paperback]

M. Wylie Blanchet (Author), Timothy Egan (Foreword)

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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, mum, 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. In this book, she left us with a sensitive and compelling account of their journeys.

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Timothy Egan is a roaming national correspondent for the New York Times. His recent books include Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest. He lives with his family in Seattle, Washington.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A book you can read and then go experience it for yourself., May 23 1998
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This review is from: The curve of time (Paperback)
My boyfried and I read this book and because of it took 3 weeks to cruise the Desolation Sound area. We would read the stories from the book filled with background history as well as Ms. Blanchet's excursions in the area and then we would experience it for our selves. Recalling how Capt. Vancouver discovered the area and then how this single woman with 5 children in the mid-1920's experienced this area. It was fabulous and the area is still a lot like it was 50 or even hundreds of years ago. Breath taking scenery and a sense of peace and freedom is the only way I can describe my experience of the Inside Passage. I will never be the same and anytime I want to go back I can through reading the stories in this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Most wonderful read, Feb 3 2011
By Gareth McMullen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Curve of Time (Paperback)
This lady had Stuff! To take on the waters of the PAC North West is no easy task, let alone doing it alone, so to speak. The telling of her experiences shared with her children is breathtaking at times. This is a book to trigger dreams of adventure which hopefully lead to fulfillment.

5.0 out of 5 stars a great tale, July 19 2006
By Susan L. King - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Curve of Time (Paperback)
M.Wylie Blanchet or Capi, the name her children call her, took her five children up to Desolation Sound every summer for many years in their 24' boat. This story of their adventures and travels is wonderful to read. Desolation Sound hasn't changed since the 1930's except for the number of boats, and for anyone who has sailed there or dreams of it, this books fulfills all expectations.
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