Our Friend Joe: The Joe Fortes Story

by Barbara Rogers and Lisa Anne Smith

When a young black man named Seraphim "Joe" Fortes arrived in Vancouver in 1885, with little to his name, no one could have possibly suspected that one hundred years later he would be voted "Citizen of the Century." Our Friend Joe is the first biography of the West Indian sailor who became a local legend, saving dozens of lives and teaching three generations of Vancouver children how to swim. On a chance rowboat ride not far from the city, he would...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553801466
• ISBN13: 9781553801467
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Ronsdale Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"