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"Our world then was both wide and narrow -- wide in the immensity of sea and mountain; narrow in that the boat was very small, and we lived and camped, explored and swam in a little realm of our own making."
-- M. Wylie Blanchet
The 50th anniversary edition of this coastal British Columbia classic, now in beautifully illustrated hardcover, will make a timeless keepsake. 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, mother, 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.
Ebook The Curve of Time M Blanchet Gray Campbell Timothy Egan 9781770500372 Books
"Read the book for a book group gathering in Iowa that included a friend who grew up on Vancouver Island and who joined us for the discussion. While I've paddled a canoe in the Queen Charlotte Strait, I felt a bit overwhelmed by the nautical terms and experience. I wished for a better map and more detail on how the kids fared as adults. Otherwise, I loved the stories and was delighted by this adventurous and brilliant captain/mother. The author captures the wildness and dangers of land and sea, and gives a nod to indigenous people, explorers and settlers."
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The Curve of Time M Blanchet Gray Campbell Timothy Egan 9781770500372 Books Reviews
- A very interesting book in several regards. The concept of time curve was minor to the story but a twist to telling the story that was thought provoking . Combining the experience of 15 years of family cruises into one story line that could easily have been assumed to be one voyage was well done. This moved the story along rapidly and smoothly. For those with knowledge of, or an interest in, the Canadian gulf islands, desolation sound, and adjoining waters, this book provides a view into the historic experience of cruising this area, and the culture of First Nation peoples of this area and the early European nautical explorers. A highly engaging book, leading to a quick read.
- I originally found Ms. Blanchet's book in a bibliography for an obscure book on kayaking and read it purely on speculation. I had no idea what I stumbled into. Now, having read it two more times and giving it as a gift on several occasions, I can say this is truly one of the most special books ever written.
The stories of Ms. Blanchet and her children sailing up the Inside Passage during the 20's and 30's captured me in two ways. First was this mysterious window into a world long gone. Ancient native villages still looking as if their residents just left, lonely hermits on remote islands, a land unspoiled. Second was the story of a woman with and amazing strength and humble spirit. How she managed to use her dingy to tow the incapacitated power boat, disassemble the engine, then fix and restart a broken magneto is unbelievable, yet obviously true. I was inspired over and over again as has everyone I have given it to.
I have space for exactly four favorite books in my library, I won't add another one unless one is removed. The Curve of Time will always be one of the four. - Absolutely lovely! I discovered this book on a trip to British Columbia and fell in love with the endearing stories. Blanche writes about her summers with her children traveling up and down the coast of British Columbia in their small trawler. She writes of a time gone by when life was abit more simple even if complex. Highly recommend.
- An interesting read if you are familiar with the islands located within the inside passage of Vancouver Island and mainland B.C.. I've been to many of the locations the author covers in her book. At time a bit on the "folksy" side but still an interesting read about one tough lady who take herself and four young children on several on summer boating adventures in the waters off the B.C. Coast. .
- This is a fabulous book!! I have first read it years back, and recently took a freighter cruise in the same area. This was one brave and great mother for her children who accompanied her on the adventures. I decided to purchase a copy of this book so I could re-read it every now and then.
- I gave this book 5 stars because it is a book full of stories, illustrated with lovely descriptions about the travels of a unique woman who chose to spend her summers exploring the shores of Vancouver island, the mainland and the many islands in between. Her writing is vivid, insightful and riveting. Great read!
- I read this book while cruising on a boat in the same waters Ms. Blanchet writes about. In many ways and places, only the years have changed and the landscapes and history remain relatively untouched by today's rapid change.
Not only are the stories of her travels with her children on her late husband's boat interesting, but her writing and her perspective for the times are as fresh and current as if written just recently.
I have gifted this book many times. It was gifted to me. This is a volume which sticks with you from the day you read it. When you gift it, you need to go back and read all or part again, just to take you back.
As a woman filled with wanderlust and independence, Muriel Wylie Blanchet is one of my heros.
I recommend this book highly to anyone who not only loves the outdoors, the waters of Vancouver and BC, but to any person who loves the spirit of adventure based on real life experience--not a made for TV event. - Read the book for a book group gathering in Iowa that included a friend who grew up on Vancouver Island and who joined us for the discussion. While I've paddled a canoe in the Queen Charlotte Strait, I felt a bit overwhelmed by the nautical terms and experience. I wished for a better map and more detail on how the kids fared as adults. Otherwise, I loved the stories and was delighted by this adventurous and brilliant captain/mother. The author captures the wildness and dangers of land and sea, and gives a nod to indigenous people, explorers and settlers.
