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Description edit
Towboats have been a part of British Columbia's history since 1836, when the Hudson's Bay Company's ungainly sidewheeler S.S. Beaver made the first powered tow up the coast. Over the years, tugs and their crews have towed just about everything, including food, machinery, rocks, paper, oil,... read more
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First Sentence edit
Whether tall men found a tug's cramped quarters too uncomfortable to remain in the industry, or small men made better-"cattier" was the term-deckhands, neither Captain Larry Baese nor anyone else seems to know.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Doreen Armitage (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harbour Pub Co
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 155017293X
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Harbour Pub Co
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 155017293X
Page Count: 240
Awards edit
- BC Book Prize's Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award (Finalist, 2004)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 623
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