For the Traditional Builder!
Available June 1!

A Practical Course in Wooden Boat and Ship Building Richard M. Van Gaasbeek. First published in 1918, the course was conceived by Van Gaasbeek at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in response to the desperate need for new ships on the eve of the United States' entry into World War I. Van Gaasbeek developed the program "to assist the great army of house carpenters and other woodworkers in transferring from their usual occupations to the wooden boat and ship building industries." He saw the book "as a response to the demand caused by shortage of skilled labor in these industries."

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A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe. John MacGregor.    The first book by the "father" of modern kayaking and canoe camping. Join MacGregor as he sails and paddles alone in a double-ended canoe on the lakes and rivers of Germany, France, and Switzerland through backwater streams, over waterfalls, past whirlpools, and into the history of the paddling sports. The paperback edition features an introduction by kayaking historian Brian Kologe. Read a sample chapter.

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A Beachcomber in the Orient Harry L. Foster.    The indefatigable Harry L. Foster is off on another adventure that will take him from an opium den in Saigon to a honky-tonk bar in Singapore, from visiting an ancient temple in Pnom Penh to hopping a freight train down the Malay Peninsula, from theaters in Shanghai to jails in Hong Kong. The irrepressible “tramp” of the 1920s never worries about finding adventure—it always finds him!

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	The Adventures of a Tropical Tramp. Harry L. Foster.    At the end of WW1, former New York journalist Harry Foster chronicled his adventures as a miner, news reporter, war correspondent, diplomatic attache and part-time piano player from South America's Pacific Coast to the Andes to the unexplored jungles of Bolivia and down rivers until he reaches the Amazon.
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	White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien    O'Brien visited the Marquesas in the early 1900s, shortly after the death of Gauguin, and wrote a fascinating book about the beauty of the isles and the unintentional devastation of a way of life. His work echoes many modern concerns about the effect of "civilization" on the quality of life for human beings.
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	The Confessions of a Beachcomber. E.J. Banfield.    Americans have Henry David Thoreau, James Audubon, and John Muir.    Australians have E.J. Banfield, the "Beachcomber of Dunk Island."    In his Confessions, the Australian beachcomber who spent his last 25 years on tropical island. Banfield reminds us that a simple life well-lived and keenly observed may be the happiest.
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My Tropic Isle E.J. Banfield.    The "Beachcomber of Dunk Island" took the material for his second book from a series of "homilies" printed in the North Queensland Register  to continue the detailed account of the birds, insects, animals, plants, people, and sights and sounds that fill up life on a paradise on earth.    In his Confessions, the Australian beachcomber who spent his last 25 years on tropical island off the coast of Queensland brought the world, as the Times Literary Supplement said, "strange and little-known happenings in remote corners of the earth . . . ." Revered as an early leader in nature preservation, Banfield's amateur insight into his island's ecology, and even anthropology, continues to charm and delight readers.

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	Down the Columbia by Lewis R. Freeman    Freeman was a noted outdoorsman and riverman of the early 20th Century who tackled some of the most difficult rivers in the world. He began this adventure close to the headwaters in the Selkirk Mountains and then traveled almost --but not quite--to the Pacific. Find out why.
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Two South Seas Fiction Classics!

	The Trembling of a Leaf by Somerset Maugham    This famous collection of Maugham's South Sea stories includes "Rain" which was adapted into a play and film script. This collection also includes "The Pool" and "Macintosh," two stories that show some influence from Louis Becke among others, as well as "The Fall of Edward Barnard", "Red", and "Honolulu" plus two vignettes: "The Pacific" and "Envoi."
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A South Seas Classic!

By Reef and Palm by Louis Becke    James Michener has cited Louis Becke for some of the best descriptions of South Sea islands ever penned. A tropical trader himself, Becke knew the infamous "Bully" Hayes and spent his early life as a sailor and trader roaming Oceania.    He settled into life in Australia and became one of their most prolific writers by the turn of the century. This volume is his first collection of anecdotal stories about life in the island worlds that Becke knew.

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Small Boat Building H.W. Patterson.    Harold Patterson's Small Boat Building was one of the first attempts to take the mystery out of boat construction for the average man. Emphasizing the "do-it-yourself" attitude that amateur boatbuilders must bring to their work, he explains the basic processes and techniques of boatbuilding to give the beginner a good understanding of what is involved and how to get through a project.

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	Boat-Building and Boating by D.C. Beard    A wonderful book filled with ideas and plans to build simple boats from a log raft to a full-size houseboat, with instructions designed for a minimum set of skills and materials.
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A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe. John MacGregor.    The first book by the "father" of modern kayaking and canoe camping. Join MacGregor as he sails and paddles alone in a double-ended canoe on the lakes and rivers of Germany, France, and Switzerland through backwater streams, over waterfalls, past whirlpools, and into the history of the paddling sports. The paperback edition features an introduction by kayaking historian Brian Kologe. Read a sample chapter.

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	The Wholesale Candy Company: A Memoir Robert Watters.    Robert Watters' The Wholesale Candy Company tells the story of his family’s candy company with a history of its formation and success from 1912 to his earliest memories and with his recollections of its decline during the Great Depression. A story of a happy childhood sometimes troubled by family and company problems.
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Writing for Trade Magazines: How to Boost Your Income by $200 to $500 Per Week. Kendall Hanson.    Are you a business professional who wants to supplement a retirement income? A struggling writer who needs to add clips for cash? This guide to often overlooked writing opportunities is for you. Marketing, researching, and writing strategies in simple language by a man who has published more than a million words in trade magazines. Try a sample! Read what others are saying!

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