Come by Chance
A Memoir of Seafaring, Scholarship, Pilgrimage, and Music
Published on 16. May 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-77203-473-8 (ISBN)
Description
"A member of the so-called Silent Generation, Michael Hadley has a great deal to say in his twilight years. Opening with his Depression-era childhood on a lonely lighthouse on the west coast of Vancouver Island, this remarkably nuanced memoir spans decades, countries, and oceans."--
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Language
English
Place of publication
British Columbia
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77203-473-8 (9781772034738)
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Person
Michael L. Hadley is an award-winning writer, scholar, yachtsman, retired naval officer, international traveller, and lecturer. He is the author and editor of several books on naval and maritime history, including Spindrift: A Canadian Book of the Sea (co-edited with Anita Hadley) and Citizen Sailors: Chronicles of Canada’s Naval Reserve, 1910–2010 (co-edited with Richard H. Gimlett), and his work has won such prestigious awards as the John Lyman Prize of the North American Society for Oceanic History and the Keith Matthews Award of the Canadian Nautical Research Society. He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Victoria and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.