Between the Isles

<P> Never turn your back on the ocean. People who do often do not returnto port. This was some wise counsel given to the author as a child beingraised in the Canadian Gulf Islands by an unusual sea-faring Anglican ministerand his kindly wife. With the solid influence of British culture and thelush setting of Mayne Island and its highly individual and entertaininginhabitants the author has brought a collage of tales together to reveal theflavour of West Coast living from discovery days to current times. As asea-going realtor the author met many a character who left a story to betold. A considerable collection of photographs archival as well as theauthor's own illustrate this intriguing memoir. </P><br clear=all> <A NAME=goto2></A> <HR ALIGN=LEFT>