AS THE SAILOR LOVES THE SEA,HADMAN,ALASKA,WOMAN,1951 DJ

AS THE SAILOR LOVES THE SEA

BALLARD HADMAN WENT TO ALASKA TO VISIT--STAYED TO MARRY A FISHERMAN AND RAISE A FAMILY. THIS IS THE VIVID DIVERTING STORY OF HER ADVENTURES IN THAT FRONTIER LAND

BY

BALLARD HADMAN

ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR

HARPER & BROTHERS, INC.

NEW YORK

1951

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"AN ARTIST WITH A STRONG DASH OF THE PIONEER IN HER BLOOD, BALLARD HADMAN WENT TO ALASKA A DECADE OR SO AGO TO VISIT--AND STAYED TO MARRY A FISHERMAN, BECOME A FISHERMAN HERSELF, AND RAISE A FAMILY.  IN THIS COLORFUL ACCOUNT OF HER EXPERIENCES SHE TELLS OF A COUNTRY WHERE FRONTIER TRADITIONS ARE STILL VALID, WHERE LIFE IS KEYED TO ADVENTURE AND PREDICATED ON AN ETERNAL BATTLE WITH NATURE."

"A TROLLING SEASON IS AS LONG AS THE SUMMER, A TROLLER'S DAY FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET, WHILE WINTER IS RESERVED FOR SLEEP, SOCIABILITY AND DISSIPATION.  IN PICTURESQUE LANGUAGE THAT HAS THE EFFECT OF A STIFF BREEZE OFF SALT WATER, MRS. HADMAN DESCRIBES IN GRAPHIC AND AMUSING DETAIL THE BUSINESS OF MAKING A LIVING FROM THE SEA; THE EXCITEMENTS AND HAZARDS OF DAILY EXISTENCE IN A LAND BLESSED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF EVERYTHING INCLUDING WEATHER; THE FINE ART OF FRIENDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIKE SHORTY, PLUM DUFF, DANISH KING AND PRINCESS; THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF HER SMALL FISHING COMMUNITY WHERE THE GROCERYMAN IS ALSO THE BANKER AND WHERE EVERYONE'S LIFE IS AN OPEN BOOK; THE STUNNING SURPRISES OFFERED BY A COAST WHOSE MAGNIFICENT HEADLANDS ARE AS DRAMATIC AS ITS WATERWAYS WITH THEIR TREACHEROUS TIDES AND CURRENTS."

"SIDE BY SIDE, JOSTLING EACH OTHER, ARE PASSAGES OF HIGH DRAMA AND BREATHTAKING DESCRIPTION; THE ACCOUNT OF A MERCY FLIGHT BEFORE YOUNG JAMIE WAS BORN; THE IMPACT OF CAPE ADDINGTON ON ONE WHO COMES UPON ITS BEAUTY FOR THE FIRST TIME; A RESCUE FROM AN OCTOPUS; A DAY IN THE FISHERMAN'S LIFE WHEN LUCK AND THE SALMON ARE TUNNING HIS WAY; A DESPERATE TRIP FROM FROM SITKA ON THE EVE OF WINTER WHEN FOOD SUPPLIES WERE DANGEROUSLY LOW AND A FAULTY ENGINE CONSPIRED WITH THE WEATHER TO CAUSE DELAY AFTER DELAY.  INEVITABLE, IN A COUNTRY TOLERANT OF CONVENTIONS, WHERE FRIENDS ARE AN ACTIVE NECESSITY, THERE ARE PEOPLE KNOWN AS "CHARACTERS" --MEN AND WOMEN OF WARMTH AND COURAGE AND FLAVOR.  THEY ACCENT THE SATISFACTIONS AND REWARDS OF LIVING IN A WORLD THAT MAINTAINS ONLY LOOSE CONTACT WITH CIVILIZATION, A WORLD FREE OF MANY OF THE COMMON PRESSURES WHER EA MAN--FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE--IS STILL HIS OWN MASTER."

CONTENTS...

• WHY THE PIONEER
• HOW THE SOURDOUGH
• DARK DAYLIGHT
• NO WIND THAT BLEW
• ALL TO CATCH THE FISH
• HEARTH AND HOME
• I SWALLOW THE ANCHOR
• TWENTY EIGHT TO THIRTY FOUR FEET
• PASSES LEAD BUT TO IMPASSE
• SITKA, OR HELL WON'T HAVE IT
• PAINTER INTO SAILOR
• WEATHER PERMITTING
• MISERIES LARGE AND SMALL
• TIDERIPS AND DENIZENS
• OUR LAVISH LAND
• SOUTH AND NORTH AGAIN
• WHEN THE HELM IS FOR HARBOR

THIS BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION.  THE DUSTJACKET IS FADED, WITH EDGE CREASES AND SCRAPES, LIGHT SOILING AND SMALL RIPS.  THE COVER IS LIGHTLY SOILED, EDGES AND CORNERS GENTLY BUMPED AND SCRAPED.  THE BINDING IS TIGHT AND ALL PAGES CLEAN AND INTACT.  THERE IS A BOOKPLATE ON THE SECOND PAGE.  A NICE COPY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR AND 209 PAGES.  THERE ARE MAPS AS ENDPAPERS.