Michael L Hadley

Broschiertes Buch

Boxing the Compass

A Life of Seafaring, Music, And, Pilgrimage

Beschreibung

"A member of the so-called Silent Generation, Michael Hadley has a great deal to say in his twilight years. Opening with his Depression-era childhood on a lonely lighthouse on the west coast of Vancouver Island, this remarkably nuanced memoir spans decades, countries, and oceans."--

Autor

Michael L. Hadley is an award-winning writer, scholar, yachtsman, retired naval officer, international traveller, and lecturer. He is the author and editor of several books on naval and maritime history, including Spindrift: A Canadian Book of the Sea (co-edited with Anita Hadley) and Citizen Sailors: Chronicles of Canada’s Naval Reserve, 1910–2010 (co-edited with Richard H. Gimlett), and his work has won such prestigious awards as the John Lyman Prize of the North American Society for Oceanic History and the Keith Matthews Award of the Canadian Nautical Research Society. He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Victoria and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Heritage Group Distribution
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781772034738
• ISBN-10: 1772034738
• Artikelnr.: 68462611