Not an Inch I Didn't See: The 20th Century Life of a Cape Breton Lad - Couverture souple

Smith, Isaac Earl

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0615989209 ISBN 13 : 9780615989204

Editeur : Rodney Ridge Publishing, 2014

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Isaac Earl Smith (1910-1989) was born on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. His formal education was lacking, and he began his working life as a teenager. What he lacked in formal education he made up for in life experience. His travels took him from the Maritime Provinces to the Pacific Coast and into the Prairie Provinces, working odd jobs of every description. His longest stints were in the oil fields in the early days of the industry in Alberta, where he worked as a welder. The closest he and his wife came to settling down was buying a home in Calgary, but even while Annie worked on the house and her garden, Isaac traveled from Alaska to Arkansas and back, always looking for work. His writing smacks of optimism; he believed people made their own luck, and were responsible for their own happiness. Isaac died back home in Cape Breton, and is buried in Calgary.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Vagabond. Logger. Miner. Welder. Machinist. Mechanic. Throughout his nearly eighty years, Isaac Earl Smith did whatever he needed to get by, from his home on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, to Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Montana, and countless other outposts in Canada and the United States. He married an Alberta girl, and together they were resourceful and hard-working in their efforts to climb that "100 step ladder of success." In his retirement, Isaac put pen to paper and filled a stack of legal pads with his recollections of a lifetime's worth of "capers." Beyond the minutiae of day-to-day life, Isaac tells a story of hope and perseverance, interwoven with the restless notion that something better awaits around life's every turn.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Rodney Ridge Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0615989209
• ISBN 13: 9780615989204
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 228