Tales from the Galley: Stories of the Working Waterfront

by Doreen Armitage

Doreen Armitage, author of the bestselling From the Wheelhouse: Tugboaters Tell their own Stories, is back with a fresh collection of salty tales from a varied collection of men who earn their living in, on or beside the sea. A former DFO skipper tells a heartrending story of trying to rescue the crew of a fish boat foundering off the west coast of Vancouver Island in wind so strong it cartwheeled their life raft across the waves like a tumbleweed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155017438X
• ISBN13: 9781550174380
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Harbour Publishing
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Perfect reading for any enthusiast of the sea

TALES FROM THE GALLEY: STORIES OF THE WORKING WATERFRONT provides a fine collection of stories by men who earn their living in or on the sea. From a former Coast Guard captain who tries to rescue a fishing boat crew against all odds to a tugboat skipper whose tow of a mountain of logs breaks apart in the sea, these are moving, riveting stories of heroism and impossible odds and make for perfect reading for any enthusiast of the sea, and for libraries catering to them. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch