The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
by Mowat, Farley
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1969. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Creases and small rips and tears along edges of dust jacket. Two pieces of tape on dust jacket. Author's inscription to previous owner is on half title page. Inside of book is clean. Pen mark on page edges. .
Synopsis
Farley Mowat was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1921, and grew up in Belleville, Trenton, Windsor, Saskatoon, Toronto, and Richmond Hill. He served in World War II from 1940 until 1945, entering the army as a private and emerging with the rank of captain. He began writing for his living in 1949 after spending two years in the Arctic. Since 1949 he has lived in or visited almost every part of Canada and many other lands, including the distant regions of Siberia. He remains an inveterate traveller with a passion for remote places and peoples. He has twenty-five books to his name, which have been published in translations in over twenty languages in more than sixty countries. They include such internationally known works as People of the Deer , The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be , Never Cry Wolf , Westviking , The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float , Sibir , A Whale for the Killing , The Snow Walker , And No Birds Sang , and Virunga: The Passion of Dian Fossey . His short stories and articles have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post , Maclean’s , Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. From the eBook edition.
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- Bookseller
- ABC: Antiques, Books & Collectibles
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005374
- Title
- The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
- Author
- Mowat, Farley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 1969
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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Tantallon, Nova Scotia
About ABC: Antiques, Books & Collectibles
ABC: Antiques, Books and Collectibles operates a small shop on the \"Lighthouse Route\" at 12717 Peggy\'s Cove Rd., Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada. Open seasonally May to October, by chance or appointment at other times. Our book selection is concentrated on Antiquarian and Nova Scotia/Maritime provinces. We also offer a varied selection of antiques and collectibles.
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