Afloat in Time: Growing up on the rafts of a Gypo Logger - Softcover

Jim Sirois

 
9780888394552: Afloat in Time: Growing up on the rafts of a Gypo Logger

Synopsis

Six miles below the headwaters of Dean Channel on the BC coast, the Dean River flows graciously into salt water. Known for centuries as Kimsquit, this is a place of outstanding river, sea and mountain beauty. This is where James Sirois spent his childhood and teenage years alternately between Doc Gildersleeve's logging camp and school in Ocean Falls. The adventures and misadventures living on the rafts of a gypo logger in the coastal canyons of BC in the thirties, forties and fifties. Raised under the influence of his grandparents and long-time logging camp employees, Jim's time on the floating logging camp was always interesting and educational.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Jim's logging career ended when he was working for Gildersleeve Logging in the early fifties. During a miserable, wet afternoon as he shivered and huddled near a stump, Jim decided to move away from the coast and give higher education a shot. He graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in industrial design and worked in product design for years, including developing aerospace hardware for use by the early Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts. In 1990, Jim returned to his property at Kimsquit on the Dean River Delta where he lives in a cedar log cabin.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780968336229: Afloat in Time

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  0968336221 ISBN 13:  9780968336229
Publisher: Skookum Press, 1998
Softcover