Author: Gary Geddes. Published by Harper Canada, 2001, 1st Edition. FLAT SIGNED by the Author on the title page. Printed in USA. Almost New Condition HARDCOVER BOOK. Very Good Condition Dust Jacket with light scuffing. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.75 x 5.75 inch, 337 pages.
SAILING HOME, A Journey Through Time, Place and Memory, by Gary Geddes, is a wonderful meditative literary journey that is both a poignant personal memoir and a crow's nest view of the west coast's rich 10,000-year cultural, social and economic heritage.
Despite his seafaring background -- Geddes' grandfather was a fisherman who drowned mysteriously off Point Atkinson and his father was a deep sea diver, shipbuilder and salmon fisherman -- he knows he is navigationally challenged with nautical experience anchored by raw fear, mechanical ineptness and bouts of seasickness. Setting out with the latest in technology (along with indecipherable charts, an adventure library, and the writings of George Vancouver and Charles Darwin), he soon finds himself at the mercy of a willful boat and an even more headstrong sea. But as he sails through unexpected storms and cotton wool fogs, he discovers that his own past is becoming a strong current in the shifting tides of coastal history. Lyrical and evocative, this is a book for all those embarking on their own personal journeys, whether they be by water, land or the flight paths of the imagination.
