How to build a tin canoe : confessions of an old salt
Item details
- ISBN: 1401300278
- ISBN: 9781401300272
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Physical Description:
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x, 228 p. ; 22 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Hyperion, c2003.
Contents / Notes
Formatted Contents Note: | The Boat in the Coach House in which I sink as far as possible 1 -- The Tin Canoe of World War Two in which I begin a lifetime of building eyeball designed boats 9 -- The Reynolds in which I learn the true meaning of life ... when I am young enough to make some good use of the knowledge 18 -- The Reynolds Crew Discovers St. George Island and saves the day with a brave rescue 26 -- Another Reynolds Rescue in which I escape formal education but become educated nevertheless 43 -- A Few Recipes of the Reynolds Crew in which I begin a lifetime as a gourmet 53 -- Sailfish in which someone else learns a lesson ... well, almost 62 -- Storm Boat Motor in which, due to the onset of puberty, I foolishly expand my compulsion to include machinery 68 -- How I Became a Boatbuilder in which I take a wife, turn professional, and learn a lot all at the same time 74 -- Terrible Torque and the Floorboard Man in which there is a terrible tragedy, so you might want to skip this one 88 -- Monkey Island in which I leave my young bride for ... monkeys 97 -- Seagull in which I learn not to be so gullible 104 -- Prams in which I become a successful, professional boatbuilder first shot out of the box 111 -- Pleistocene Creek in which I almost give it all up and quit the boatbuilding business for good 115 -- Sheephead Head Soup in which there are the natural histories of two fish and a worm and ... yet another recipe 123 -- Sea Turtle in which I learn my lesson about being so presumptuous ... well, almost 134 -- Cobio in which I save my children from starvation but almost freeze to death in the process 138 -- The Giant Catfish of Mobile in which I meet an astonishing transvestite ... and cook breakfast 148 -- King Tut in which I prove the disclaimer that none of these stories could possibly be true 155 -- The Slave's Recipe in which I do a little more tugging, get involved in a criminal conspiracy, and get locked up for murder ... and learn a new recipe ... and satisfy a lifelong curiosity ... a long story 158 -- Islands in which I reveal yet another obsession 174 -- The Canned Ham Incident in which I do not participate, so Hurrah for the other side 179 -- Dead Man's Boat in which I reveal two morals 190 -- The Old J 80 Johnson in which I help a man recover his long-lost self-esteem 196 -- The Sailing, Commercial Fishing Felucca "Bullet" # 9999 in which there is a poem 200 -- The Caribs and the Arawaks in which I figure out economics, but too late to participate in any of it 215 -- An Analog Mind Stuck in a Digital World in which I finally, in the twilight of my life, figure out what the hell is wrong with me and effect a complete cure 219 -- Cooking Up Opinions in which I finally set aside my peculiar ways and start acting like all the other old men in the world 224. |
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