Once Upon an Island: The Adventures of a Young Couple Who Did Buy Their Dream Island by David Conover (1967-06-03)

by David Conover

Book Overview

David Conover was an author, resort owner, and foremost a dreamer. Once Upon an Island is a favorite of boaters and people who dream of escaping the stress of city life. It captures the trials and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B01F7YC7CC
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Crown Publishers
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

a private island

I read this book when I was a child and it stuck with me for years - what it would really be like to own and live on your own private island - a fantasy I still have and suspect many others do, too. This book is very forthright about the trials and tribulations of island life as well as the idyllic side. If you look up Wallace Island and the Conover family on google, you'll find that this lovable young couple did not stay together - Dave Conover stayed on the island and proceded through a number of wives. I guess Wife No. 1 decided it wasn't all that idyllic, after all!

Once Upon an Island

This is a MUST READ for anyone here in the Pacific Northwest or planning to cruise up into the Candian Gulf Islands. It is a tribute to a couple with a dream, more his than hers at first, love, hard work and support of a community known as Ganges. I read this book back in 1968 and was delighted to find it again today. If you have a chance to got to Wallace Island, walk ashore and see the old buildings that they built. You can go back in time and recapture each chapter in your own eye. Many of us today wish we could do what that they did back then. Would you be willing to take the risk? This would be a wonderful gift to give to any boater, since it is a treausre to have aboard!

Once Upon a Dream

This was one of the best reads I have had in a long time. David Conover lived his dream and was kind enough to write a book and share his trials and tribulations. "Once Upon an Island," is a pleasure to read. I agree with the other reviewer that it was hard to put this book down. I turned the pages with anticipation, waiting to see what new adversity the family would undergo, and how they triumphed. This is great movie material--too bad Hollywood wastes their time with special effects movies.

A GREAT READ FOR ANYONE WHO DREAMS OF REMOTE ISLAND LIVING

I LOVED THIS BOOK. I READ IT IN ONE NIGHT. IT IS THE STORY OF A YOUNG COUPLE WHO SCRAPED TOGETHER ALL THEY HAD TO BUY AN ISLAND. THE STORY TELLS OF THEIR FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF TRYING TO MAKE IT AND BUILD THE PRIMITIVE ISLAND INTO A HOME AND EVENTUALLY A SMALL PRIMITIVE RESORT. THEY TELL OF THE BEAUTY AND PRIVACY AND PEACEFULNESS OF THEIR OWN ISLAND AND THEIR DAILY LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF FIXING IT UP TO BE HABITABLE. I WILL PROBABLY START READING IT ALL OVER AGAIN!