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HARBOUR PUBLISHING Contents New Books from Harbour Publishing 1 New Books from Nightwood Editions 11 Recent Releases from Harbour Publishing 16 Recent Releases from Nightwood Editions 18 Essential Backlist Non-Fiction Highlights 20 Raincoast Chronicles 22 Mike McCardell Library 22 Sports 23 Travel & Guides 23 Dreamspeaker Guides 23 Field Guide Pamphlets 24 Nature & Fishing 25 Home, Garden, Cooking & Crafts 26 Art & Graphic Novels 26 Poetry 27 Fiction 27 Children’s 28 Humour 29 Puzzles 29 Print on Demand 29 Books in Print 30 Author Index 36 Information for all books in print including book description, author information, cover, and up-to-date price and availability is listed on our website, www.harbourpublishing.com. All prices equivalent in US dollars unless otherwise noted. All prices and specifications subject to change without notice. : courtesy of Michelle Lamberson, from The Birder’s Guide to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland by Nature Vancouver. HP: Harbour Publishing NE: Nightwood Editions LM: Lost Moose Publishing Harbour Publishing acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $157 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country. We also gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and from the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit. The Queen of the North Disaster The Captain’s Story COLIN HENTHORNE The captain of theQueen of the North reveals a first-hand account of what really happened the night of the ship’s sinking and examines the aftermath of the disaster. Few recent events in British columBia have seized the public mind like the 2006 sinking of the Bc Ferries passenger vessel Queen of the North. Across Canada, it was one of the top news stories of the year. In Bc it has attained the status of nautical legend. Ten years later, questions are still being asked. How did a ship that sailed the same course thousands of times fall victim to such an inexplicable error? Was the bridge crew fooling around? Why doesn’t anybody in the know come forward and tell the truth? Nobody knew the ship, the crew and the circumstances that fateful March night better than the Queen of the North’s long- serving captain, Colin Henthorne, and in this book he finally tells his story. The basic facts are beyond dispute. Just after midnight on March 22, 2006, the Queen of the North—carrying 101 passengers—struck an underwater ledge off Gil Island, 135 kilometres south of Prince Rupert. The impact tore open the ship’s bottom and ripped out the propellers. In less than an hour, it sank to the bottom of Wright Sound, 427 metres below the surface. Despite the crew’s skilled evacuation, two passengers went missing and have never been found. REGIONAL INTEREST Helmswoman Karen Briker was fired. Fourth Mate Karl March Lilgert was charged with criminal negligence causing death and paper sentenced to four years in prison. Captain Henthorne, who was CDN $24.95 not on watch at the time of the grounding, fought to keep his job 6" × 9" · 256 pages and lost. It took him over six years to recover his career. B&W photos, maps and illustrations On the tenth anniversary of the tragedy, Captain Henthorne Rights Held: World recalls with accuracy and detail that ill-fated voyage and all its 978-1-55017-761-9 (paper) terrible repercussions. TheQueen of the North Disaster: The 978-1-55017-724-4 (ebook) Captain’s Story dispels rumours about what really happened that night, revealing a fascinating inside look at a modern marine disaster. COLIN HENTHORNE was born in Vancouver and grew up in Bc. He has spent nearly all his life living and working on the water. He became commander of his first vessel at the age of 21 and has continued to command ships for most of his career. He sailed as a master with Bc Ferries from 1990 and was 52 when the Queen of the North sank. At the time of writing, he is a Canadian Coast 9 781550 1 77619 Guard Rescue Co-ordinator at the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria, Bc. Spring 2016 HARBOUR PUBLISHING | 1 Peace Dancer ROY HENRY VICKERS AND ROBERT BUDD The fourth and final installment of the award-winning and bestselling Northwest Coast Legends series. the children oF the tsimshian village oF KitKatla love to play at being hunters, eager for their turn to join the grown- ups. But when they capture and mistreat a crow, the Chief of the Heavens, angered at their disrespect, brings down a powerful storm. The rain floods the Earth and villagers have no choice but to abandon their homes and flee to their canoes. As the seas rise, the villagers tie themselves to the top of Anchor Mountain, where they pray for days on end and promise to teach their children to value all life. The storm stops and the waters recede. From that point on, the villagers appoint a chief to perform the Peace Dance at every potlatch and, with it, pass on the story of the flood and the importance of respect. With eighteen new illustrations from Roy Henry Vickers and exceptional narrative, Peace Dancer will delight readers of all ages and add to the collection of global flood stories. ROY HENRY VICKERS is a renowned carver, painter and printmaker whose Eagle Aerie Gallery in Tofino, Bc, has become a provincial landmark. Roy was appointed to the Order of British Columbia in 1998 and to the Order of Canada in 2006. He is the CHILDREN’S / FIRST NATIONS co-author of the immensely popular Northwest Coast Legends May series and the author of several books that showcase his art, cloth including Storyteller (Harbour Publishing, 2014). He currently CDN $19.95 lives in Hazelton, Bc. 12" × 8¼" · 40 pages 18 colour illustrations ROBERT (LUCKY) BUDD holds an ma in history and has digitized Rights held: World many high-profile oral history collections, including that of 978-1-55017-739-8 (cloth) the Nisga’a First Nation. As well as co-authoring the Northwest 978-1-55017-740-4 (ebook) Coast Legends series, he is the author of Voices of British Columbia (Douglas & McIntyre, 2010), a bestseller that was shortlisted for the 2011 Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award, and its sequel, Echoes of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing, 2014), a runner-up for the Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing. He currently lives in Victoria, Bc. ALSO IN THIS SERIES 9 781550 1 77398 978-1-55017-693-3 978-1-55017-619-3 978-1-55017-593-6 ORCA CHIEF CLOUDWALKER RAVEN BRINGS THE LIGHT Roy Henry Vickers & Roy Henry Vickers & Roy Henry Vickers & Robert Budd Robert Budd Robert Budd HP $19.95 cloth HP $19.95 cloth HP $19.95 cloth 2 | HARBOUR PUBLISHING Spring 2016 Where Mountains Meet the Sea An Illustrated History of the District of North Vancouver DANIEL FRANCIS A vibrant and richly illustrated history of the District of North Vancouver. Where Mountains Meet the sea commemorates the 125th anniversary of the District of North Vancouver’s incorporation as a municipality. Combining hundreds of illustrations with the personal accounts of residents and a lively text, the book presents the story of North Vancouver in all its colour and complexity. Instead of a conventional chronological narrative, Where Mountains Meet the Sea divides the story of North Vancouver’s development into three major parts: 1) the origins of the community, its First Nations residents and the development of its waterfront; 2) the political and cultural evolution of the community; and 3) the development of the mountain resorts and the creation of the many parks which characterize the North Shore. From the District’s auspicious beginnings with the sawmill at Moodyville dominating the industry of Burrard Inlet, through the postwar population boom that saw the municipality evolve from a suburb of Vancouver into a bustling community in its own right, to the District’s rich legacy of outdoor recreation, the text, residents’ anecdotes and photographs create a vivid portrait of the development of a thriving community. Each section of the book is richly illustrated in full colour with biographies, eyewitness memories, artifacts from the REGIONAL INTEREST / HISTORY collection of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, July historic photographs, maps and charts. cloth CDN $39.95 DANIEL FRANCIS is a historian and author of over twenty books, 8½" × 11" · 256 pages including Far West: The Story of British Columbia (Harbour, 180 B&W and colour photos 2006), and, most recently, Trucking in British Columbia: Rights Held: World An Illustrated History (Harbour, 2012). He also edited the 978-1-55017-751-0 (cloth) Encyclopedia of British Columbia (Harbour, 2000) and is a 978-1-55017-752-7 (ebook) columnist and editorial board member of Geist magazine. Daniel Francis lives in North Vancouver, Bc. 9 781550 1 77510 Spring 2016 HARBOUR PUBLISHING | 3 Stalking Salmon and Wrestling Drunks Confessions of a Charter Skipper PETER L. GORDON A lively collection of stories about the exciting life and experiences of a salmon charter shipper while out to catch the big one! each Fisherman steps onto the docKs, sees peter Gordon’s boat the mv Kalua, glances at the other members of the charter and feels a rush of anticipation. The challenge is on to see who will catch the biggest fish. Told with a skipper’s authority, Stalking Salmon and Wrestling Drunks recounts the highs and lows of fishing with tourists, including dealing with rowdy guests, bad weather, near death experiences, lost fish, tangled lines, and sometimes even CHRISTINE GORDON PHOTO tragedy.