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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
A Winter Apprentice

A Winter Apprentice

Willey, John Holt

Paperback

Biographies GeneralBoatingGeneral Wookworking

Publisher Price: $14.95

ISBN10: 1882190459
ISBN13: 9781882190454
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Apr 4 2016
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.45 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
John Willey shares insights into life in a Maine boatyard, where he worked and kept a journal from 1978 to '79. As the historian John Gardner confirms, until relatively recently boatbuilding was not recorded - the life of the yard crew even less so. Here is a rare and vibrant narrative from a winter apprentice. ***** It's great, it really is great. I can see it, and see it all - smell it, taste it, and feel it ... The shop and crew and Paul came through life size. I was there with you, every blessed, excruciating, wonderful minute ... Last night after supper, I sat down with it and didn't get up until I had finished, about 2 a.m. -John Gardner, historian, designer and builder of wooden boats, author of books including Building Classic Small Craft

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