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Transportation History

Northwest Ferry Tales

Stories, Poems & Anecdotes Collected by Joyce Delbridge

by (author) Joyce Delbridge

Publisher
Hancock House
Initial publish date
Jan 1990
Category
History, Public Transportation
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888392503
    Publish Date
    Jan 1990
    List Price
    $9.95

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The three largest ferry systems of North America, those of Washington, British Columbia and Alaska, stretch end-to-end in the Northwest. Their vessels carry millions of commuters every year, from city to island, from island to island, and from one water highway to the next. Along these inland corridors are hundreds of communities that depend upon ferries for their existence. This dependency has given birth to the ferry tale. Ferries provide more than a stage for these tales. The ferry becomes a character in the dramas, large and small, from tragedy to comedy, to the foibles of daily living. Birth, death, nature, history, memory, and love are all here, along with lost keys, six dachshunds loose on a car deck, and a guardian mermaid. This collection is not so much about ferries as it is about journeys all of us take. Through its passages the ferry emerges as a metaphor for life itself.

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