Author: Tom Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979505560
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Using historic photos, river logs, letters and interviews, author Tom Marin recounts the voyages of a number of unsung river runners during the transformation from Grand Canyon expeditionary river running into today's whitewater recreation" -- Cover, p. [4].
Big Water, Little Boats
Author: Tom Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979505560
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Using historic photos, river logs, letters and interviews, author Tom Marin recounts the voyages of a number of unsung river runners during the transformation from Grand Canyon expeditionary river running into today's whitewater recreation" -- Cover, p. [4].
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979505560
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Using historic photos, river logs, letters and interviews, author Tom Marin recounts the voyages of a number of unsung river runners during the transformation from Grand Canyon expeditionary river running into today's whitewater recreation" -- Cover, p. [4].
Little Bear's Little Boat
Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547533284
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Little Bear loves his little boat. He rows it around Huckleberry Lake, fishing and dreaming. But then Little Bear begins to grow and grow, until one day he doesn’t fit in his little boat anymore! All children who experience growing pains will appreciate Little Bear’s predicament. And they will smile with satisfaction as the solution to his problem unfolds in simple, lyrical words and charming pictures from two award-winning picture-book creators.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547533284
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Little Bear loves his little boat. He rows it around Huckleberry Lake, fishing and dreaming. But then Little Bear begins to grow and grow, until one day he doesn’t fit in his little boat anymore! All children who experience growing pains will appreciate Little Bear’s predicament. And they will smile with satisfaction as the solution to his problem unfolds in simple, lyrical words and charming pictures from two award-winning picture-book creators.
Little Boat
Author: Thomas Docherty
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763644284
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Despite all the lurking dangers, Little Boat has come to feel at home in the ocean, happy to sail alone or with such friends as penguins or dolphins.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763644284
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Despite all the lurking dangers, Little Boat has come to feel at home in the ocean, happy to sail alone or with such friends as penguins or dolphins.
Big Bear's Big Boat
Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618585370
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
When Big Bear outgrows his old boat, he gives it to Little Bear and builds himself a new one--just like it except bigger--until his friends start making suggestions that result in something very different.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618585370
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
When Big Bear outgrows his old boat, he gives it to Little Bear and builds himself a new one--just like it except bigger--until his friends start making suggestions that result in something very different.
The Voyage of the Cormorant
Author: Christian Beamish
Publisher: Patagonia
ISBN: 1938340116
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfer’s Journal, envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors, and the 18-foot boat he would build by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality – and how the two came to shape each other – places Voyage of the Cormorant in the great American tradition of tales of life at sea, and what it has to teach us.
Publisher: Patagonia
ISBN: 1938340116
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfer’s Journal, envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors, and the 18-foot boat he would build by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality – and how the two came to shape each other – places Voyage of the Cormorant in the great American tradition of tales of life at sea, and what it has to teach us.
Big Boats, Little Boats
Author: Jack C. Harris
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307116673
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Sam describes various boats and ships for his brother Billy.
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307116673
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Sam describes various boats and ships for his brother Billy.
Big Boats, Little Boats
Author: Jack C. Harris
Publisher: Goldencraft
ISBN: 9780307616678
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Sam describes various boats and ships for his brother Billy.
Publisher: Goldencraft
ISBN: 9780307616678
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Sam describes various boats and ships for his brother Billy.
Little Boat Big Ocean
Author: Alan Rush
Publisher: Alan Rush
ISBN: 1907652469
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
This is the true account of a young man's journey, sailing his 21 foot, wooden boat single-handed over 7,000 miles. Over a period of seven years, he set off from British Columbia in the spring of 1979 and sailed first to San Francisco, then the Hawaiian Islands and on to a remote Pacific coral atoll called Fanning Island. It was here that he was offered the position of Relief Manager of a coconut plantation for a few months and ended up staying for six years. The book is part sailing log and part travelogue and expertly describes the conditions he endured, the power of the elements and his experience of living and working thousands of miles from home.
Publisher: Alan Rush
ISBN: 1907652469
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
This is the true account of a young man's journey, sailing his 21 foot, wooden boat single-handed over 7,000 miles. Over a period of seven years, he set off from British Columbia in the spring of 1979 and sailed first to San Francisco, then the Hawaiian Islands and on to a remote Pacific coral atoll called Fanning Island. It was here that he was offered the position of Relief Manager of a coconut plantation for a few months and ended up staying for six years. The book is part sailing log and part travelogue and expertly describes the conditions he endured, the power of the elements and his experience of living and working thousands of miles from home.
Adrift
Author: Steven Callahan
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547526563
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan’s dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. “Utterly absorbing” (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547526563
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan’s dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. “Utterly absorbing” (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.
Small Boats on Green Waters
Author: Brian Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781891369704
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first anthology for small-boat enthusiasts -- fiction and essays on sailboats, canoes, rowboats, and kayaks.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781891369704
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first anthology for small-boat enthusiasts -- fiction and essays on sailboats, canoes, rowboats, and kayaks.