Hideaway: Life on the Queen Charlotte Islands

by James Houston and James A. Houston

Book Overview

For more than thirty years James Houston has been flying to Vancouver, then taking a little plane north and west to the airport at Sandspit on the Queen Charlotte Islands. After the ferry ride to Skidegate, he takes the single road running north on Graham Island and settles down in his small cottage by the bridge over the Tlell River. There he fishes, writes, draws, roams around, and rejoices that he and his wife, Alice, have found the perfect place...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771042760
• ISBN13: 9780771042768
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Well written, informative, and entertaining

This book is well written and it satisfies one's craving for learning more about the Queen Charlottes. As a salmon fisherman, I felt the chapter titled "Old John" was worth the price of the book.