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Growing up in BC during the 1920s, young Fraser Miles never knew anything but poverty. There was no social stigma to being poor - most of his neighbours were not much better off - but in his late teens Miles began to look for a way to finance a career in the growing field of radio electronics.
Not long after he was hired as radio operator on the Ruth B, the young man noticed that the alleged fishpacker was packing anything but fish. These were the Prohibition years; there was less money in freezing herring than there was in smuggling liquor to the thirsty multitudes south of the border.
Slow Boat on Rum Row begins as a fascinating memoir of Fraser Miles' youth in the fledgling community of Mission on the Fraser River, a rugged milieu where beachcombing and cougar hunting were more important than high school in teaching a boy the hard facts of survival.
Miles' account of his years on the rumboats, always one step, ahead of the law, is an exciting story of survival at sea. It is also a valuable addition to an episode of coast history that is little documented. After all, "rum runners, as a group," Miles writes, "made the Sphinx sound like a chatterbox."
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Fraser Miles made enough money from, rum running to go to college and earn a degree in electronics. For many years he was the Assistant General Manager (Engineering) of the BC Hydro and Power Authority, working on projects such as the Peace River Dam. He is now retired and living in West Vancouver, where he pursues his current interest in boat building. Slow Boat on Rum Row is his first book.
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Slow Boat on Rum Row
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Harbour Publishing, 1992
ISBN 10: 1550170694
ISBN 13: 9781550170696
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Light scuffs and minor wear to jacket, few page corners dog eared. Text does appear clean and the binding is solid - overall a nice clean copy. Codice articolo 007592
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Slow Boat on Rum Row (First Edition)
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Harbour, Madeira Park, BC, 1992
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Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine Plus. First Edition. Former owner return address label on front past down. Documents the men and ships of a little-known period in west coast history. 270 pages ith a few B&W photos and list of Canadian Rum Running Ships 1922-1933. Codice articolo 22547
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Slow Boat on Rum Row
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Da: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Canadian First. Inscribed by Fraser Miles on the title page: "For__ with best wishes, Fraser Miles;" minor edge wear to boards; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectable condition; dust jacket is protected by a Brodart sleeve. Signed by Author(s). Book. Codice articolo 000767
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Slow Boat on Rum Row
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. First Edition. 270 pp. Photos. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has light edgewear. Prev owner's name on the ffep. The first hand account of a rum-runner on Canada's West Coast during Prohibition. Includes a list of the rum running ships from 1933 - 1933.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Codice articolo HIS3591
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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. B/W Photographs (illustratore). First Edition. In 1933, on Canada's west coast, the word `fireboat' was code for liquor smuggler. These 270 pages, which include 8 appendices, tell the story. Read more about : Cape Flattery, bulwarks, MV Ryou II, CG 827, Tri' State, Mission, Robie Reid, Gryme, planed timbers, cave mouth, steamboat wharf, Santa Catalina Island, Santo Tomas, Hot Pants, and Coon Hollow. Text amply assisted by b/w photographs. Cond : Boards are blue with gilt lettering at spine. White end-papers. John Waldin did the cover paintng of three boats. Volume is all SENSES crispy, collectible, and/or giftable ! ! No names nor marks. QUote (p. 67) : " After the long drag back up to the ridge we sat a spell, and Charlie sipped a little rum. I tried it, but preferred thirst. If there had been any water we would likely have ._._._. . " Size: Octavo. Codice articolo 014559
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Condizione: New. U.S.A.: Harbour, 1992. 1st Edition . New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Growing up in BC during the 1920s, young Fraser Miles never knew anything but poverty. There was no social stigma to being poor - most of his neighbor's were not much better off - but in his late teens Miles began to look for a way to finance a career in the growing field of radio electronics.Not long after he was hired as radio operator on the Ruth B, the young man noticed that the alleged fishpacker was packing anything but fish. These were the Prohibition years; there was less money in freezing herring than there was in smuggling liquor to the thirsty multitudes south of the border.Slow Boat on Rum Row begins as a fascinating memoir of Fraser Miles' youth in the fledgling community of Mission on the Fraser River, a rugged milieu where beachcombing and cougar hunting were more important than high school in teaching a boy the hard facts of survival.Miles' account of his years on the rumboats, always one step, ahead of the law, is an exciting story of survival at sea. It is also a valuable addition to an episode of coast history that is little documented. After all, "rum runners, as a group," Miles writes, "made the Sphinx sound like a chatterbox. 270 pp. Codice articolo 001902
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 270pp. B/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (10/7). Codice articolo ABE-1584459515226
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Slow Boat on Rum Row
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Harbour Publishing Company, Limited, British Columbia, 1992
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Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 270 pages. "Documents the men and the ships of a little-known period in west coast history. Pays funny and fascinating tribute to the unsung heroes of an inglorious history." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket in Archival-quality Brodart cover. Beautiful copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY CANADA GENERAL Slow Boat on Rum Row Smuggling Pacific Coast History Prohibition United States Alcohol Smugglers Biography Mission. Codice articolo 15504435
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