Sandra Staples-Bortner

Gebundenes Buch

Finest Kind

Tales of a Brant Rock Lobsterman

Beschreibung

Donal Staples joins the Navy at seventeen and soon finds himself in the Battle of Okinawa, one of the defining conflicts of World War II. Returning home a confident young man, he makes up for lost time by romancing the woman who will become his wi...

Autor

Author and conservationist Sandra Staples-Bortner is the extraordinary Donal Staples's daughter. Raised on her father's lobster boats-and his stories-Finest Kind was the organic product of a lifetime of hearing her father's tales. With the help of her siblings, her father's friends, and a wealth of research, Sandra filled in the details. As she did, she realized Donal's story was that of a generation of men who fought bravely in the Second World War, as well as of those who made their livelihood lobstering, contributing much to the foundation of coastal New England. Above all, it was the story of her family. Sandra has had a three-decade-long career as a wildlife conservationist. She is especially proud of her tenure as the leader of Great Peninsula Conservancy, a non-profit land trust on Washington's Puget Sound. Now retired, she volunteers her time helping to restore threatened Columbia River salmon. Sandra has lived in the Pacific Northwest for thirty years, where she and her husband raised their two sons. Now living on an old farm, they grow hay, maintain habitat for wildlife, and try to keep up with their two Labrador retrievers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: FriesenPress
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781038317919
• ISBN-10: 1038317916
• Artikelnr.: 73539118