Edge of the Sound: Memoirs of a West Coast Log Salvager

by Jo Hammond

Book Overview

When 25-year-old Jo climbed down the ramp of the freighter Canadian Star to set foot in Vancouver, BC, in the summer of 1967, she'd never heard of log salvaging. But within two-and-a-half years, the immigrant from England would quit her teaching job and join forces with one of the most enigmatic salvagers of the Sunshine Coast. Dick and Jo Hammond spent a life together chasing logs, rescuing boaters in distress, and raising their two children in BC's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894759494
• ISBN13: 9781894759496
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Caitlin Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"