02361cam a2200313 4500 577358902 TxAuBib 20220511120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781927817452 1927817455 d4f5955d-5660-40cb-87f6-d7b5d7a3618d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2192585 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Blanchet, M. Wylie. Curve of Time [Libby] : The Classic Memoir Of A Woman And Her Children Who Explored The Coastal Waters Of The Pacific. Post Hypnotic Press, 2014. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 204MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 204MB. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>After her husband died in 1927, leaving her with five small children, everyone expected the struggles of single motherhood on a remote island to overcome M. Wylie Blanchet. Instead, this courageous woman became one of the pioneers of "family travel," acting as both mother and captain of the twenty-five-foot boat that became her family's home during the long Northwest summers. Blanchet's lyrically written account reads like fantastic fiction, but her adventures are all very real. There are dangers—rough water, bad weather, wild animals—but there are also the quiet respect and deep peace of a woman teaching her children the wonder and awesome depth of the natural world. "Filled with observations on natural history and the wonders of the wild, (Blanchet's) prose, like the waterfall she describes, sings."—Kliatt</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-10 20:00:03. Anne Henderson, Heather. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5505-1/2192585-CurveOfTime.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d4f5955d-5660-40cb-87f6-d7b5d7a3618d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5505-1/2192585-CurveOfTime.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d4f5955d-5660-40cb-87f6-d7b5d7a3618d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)