Isbn: 9781550170702 - homer stevens: a life in fishing (10 Ergebnisse)

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Hardback. Zustand: Good. Homer Stevens spent half a century in the BC fishing industry, both as a working fisherman and as a leader of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union. His story, an oral autobiography, was recorded and compiled by Rolf Knight. Stevens grew up in Port Guichon, a poly-glot fishing community on the Fraser River delta. He was one of an extended family of working people who argued constantly about the issues of the day. In 1936, when he was thirteen years old, Homer started fishing on his own in a leaky gillnetter called the Tar Box. Six years later, his uncle John said, "One of these days I'm going to have to take you down to a meeting of the United Fishermen's Union in Vancouver. It's run by a bunch of Reds but they're pretty good people." By 1946, Homer was a full-time organizer for the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union, going around "float to float, man to man" to sign up new members. Included here are Steven's ominous description of the Cold War years, and an evocative log of travelling the central BC coast during the 1950s, with its bustling fishermen's ports and canneries. There are accounts of the 1967 strike in Prince Rupert, Homer's year in jail for contempt of court and his drive to organize Nova Scotia fishermen, and there is a moving personal description of relearning how to fish in a modern and very different salmon industry. "All and all," he says, "if someone were to ask me, 'Would you do it again?' I'd say, 'Yeah, I'd do it again. I'd try to do it better if I could, but I'd be willing to tackle it.'".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. 255p., very good condition in like dj. Stevens was a British Columbia fisherman and a leader of the United Fisherman and Allied Workers' Union.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. Canadian First. Minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st. (CAD) presumed 1st Edition INSCRIBED by Dick Stevens (the author's son); "to P----/ on behalf of my father/ Dick Stevens", no other markings, about Fine in Very Good Dust jacket with light rubbing to the panels. Blue boards, 255pp. A few B&W photos. Stevens spent almost 50 years in the BC fishing industry and worked as a fisher and as a leader of the United Fisherman and Allied Workers' Union. (1.9 JM PLX 500/1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed. Association Copy. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. dj has slight top edge wear and small nicks. Book is very clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. STiff clean book with bookplate to front endpaper; in barely rubbed dust jacket.; 9 X 6.30 X 0.80 inches; 256 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. pp.255 clean tight copy but former owner name on frontpiece and former owner name embossed to title page. book slightly cocked with slight wear to edges and corners, corners bumped Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good ++. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good +. First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` A Life in Fishing '. The lead author of these 255 pages, began fishing on his own at age 13, in 1936. The family's political views tended toward the CCF. Ten years after he started fishing he was working for the union. The union he joined evolved into the UFAWU. A few b/w photographs accompany the text. LEARN more about : Hecate Strait, anchor, snag, Fishermen's Reserve, deckhand, chum, easthopes, Native Brotherhood, Danny Cordoni and Saltspring Isalnd. Cond : Boards are blue with gilt lettering on spine. End-papers are white. D.J. is sea green with white lettering. Front illustration is of a small gillnetteron a foggy day. D.J. has minor edge wear. Volume : clean, tight, and bright. Stevens has signed and dedicated the title page. Collectible ! Quote (p. 118) : " I don't suppose you could deal with such people unless you had some concept that they are the products of a capitalist society, and that what you are ultimately working for is to bring about some change in society as a whole. Because if it were going to be that way forever, if a section ._._._. ." Size: Octavo. B/W Photographs (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…