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Sails of Fundy

The Schooners and Square-riggers of the Parrsboro

by (author) Stanley Spicer

Publisher
Nimbus Publishing
Initial publish date
Aug 2009
Category
History
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889992399
    Publish Date
    Aug 2009
    List Price
    $16.95

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A native of Kentville, Nova Scotia, Stanley T. Spicer is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick, Acadia University and Springfield College. He was New Brunswick's first provincial Director of Physical Eduacation and Recreation from 1947 to 1966 before joining the federal Fitness and Amateur Sport Branch in Ottawa where he served until 1979. He was the first person from the Atlantic Provinces to receive the Honour Award of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Spicer is the author of numerous articles for Canadian and American publications and five previous books, including The Saga of the Mary Celeste.

About the author

STANLEY SPICER, born in Canning, Nova Scotia, is the author of eleven books and many magazine articles focused on The Age of Sail in the Maritime provinces. In May 2000 he received a Doctor of Civil Laws degree from Acadia University in recognition of his work in physical education and for his help in preserving the history of sailing vessels in the Maritimes. In 1997 he completed the cataloguing of 8000 sailing vessels built around the Bay of Fundy. In 2001 he received the Dr. Phyllis Blakely Lifetime Achievement Award from the Federation of Nova Scotia Heritage.

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