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| The Boat Who Wouldn't Float | 
| Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: Atlantic Little Brown
Category: Book
Buy Used: $30.58
Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 1628247
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 241
ISBN: 0316586501
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.453
EAN: 9780316586504
ASIN: 0316586501
Publication Date: June 1970
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Title in very good condition. Thousands of satisfied customers!
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Product Description
It seemed like a good idea. Tired of everyday life ashore, Farley Mowat would find a sturdy boat in Newfoundland and roam the salt sea over, free as a bird. What he found was the worst boat in the world, and she nearly drove him mad. The Happy Adventure, despite all that Farley and his Newfoundland helpers could do, leaked like a sieve. Her engine only worked when she felt like it. Typically, on her maiden voyage, with the engine stuck in reverse, she backed out of the harbour under full sail. And she sank, regularly.
How Farley and a varied crew, including the intrepid lady who married him, coaxed the boat from Newfoundland to Lake Ontario is a marvellous story. The encounters with sharks, rum-runners, rum and a host of unforgettable characters on land and sea make this a very funny book for readers of all ages.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Hilarious Light-Hearted Romp September 3, 2008
This is exactly the kind of book I like to read, light hearted, funny, true storytelling. If you like the sea and you like having a chuckle over the antics of others this is a great book for you.
Mowat is terrific! May 5, 2008
If you are an out-of-doors person, love humor and rum, Mowat is your kind of read. You will love everyone of his books no matter what the title is.
Excellent book! April 15, 2008
The only thing that would have made this book better is if I could have shared it with my boat loving dad before he passed away. This book made me so nostalgic for the old tugs my dad bought and struggled with and rarely got past the breakwater at the marina with. I learned all my best cuss words on those weekends on the boats.
Mowats memoir of his time with the Happy Adventure made me laugh. Made me happy and reminded me why I only ride ferry boats and cruise ships.
I plan to read many of his other works and look forward to learning more of his adventures.
The boat that wouldn't float February 8, 2008
Great read...laughed myself nearly to death! You NUST read it if you've ever sailed a boat or visited Newfoundland or the Eastern provences.
Mowat at his best December 14, 2007
Worth reading for Mowat's explanation of the three cardinal tenets of rum drinking in Newfoundland alone.
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