Robert Townsend John Williams: Master Mariner Price: $29.95 Shipping: $0.50 Part Number: 0-9683798-5-0 Minimum Order: 1-4 $29.95 5-10 $28.45 11+ $26.95 Qty: This is a story of life on the Great Lakes from 1859 to the 1920s, centred on the life of Captain John Williams. It provides an insight into the way people lived, the way lake schooners operated and the way commerce developed in the Great Lakes basin. Accessories: Master Mariner: Captain John Williams by Robert B. Townsend - Embodying writings by C.H.J. Snider The men who sailed the Great Lakes in schooner days contributed much to the development and character of Canada as a nation. This is a story of life on the Great Lakes from 1859 to the 1920s, centred on the life of Captain John Williams. It provides an insight into the way people lived, the way lake schooners operated and the way commerce developed in the Great Lakes basin. It is in an interesting, at times exciting, story form. Captain Williams was a smart man with any vessel, steam or sail. A distinguished Canadian who could serve as a role model for generations to come. He was a man who had the qualities of leadership and humility; courage; skill; experience; and the ability to take a chance at the right time. Those qualities, with a little good luck, were needed to navigate the Great Lakes in schooner days. In little wooden grain bins they called schooners, there was nothing but the winds of heaven for motive power and no aids such as radio or satellites for weather guidance. The biography of Captain John Williams - factual but fascinatingly interesting - is meant to provide the reader with a sense of the tremendous maritime heritage of central Canada in a format that is interesting to both sailors and landlubbers alike. The telling of Captain Williams story is an expression of appreciation for one whose career, "from the deck of the humblest wood-scow to the wheelhouse of the proudest lake freighter had been a consistent building of character that made one proud of being a fellow sailor and a fellow Canadian with John Williams." John Williams was born in the Toronto Beaches area on the 22nd day of March 1857 not far from where he was living when he died. Welsh by ancestry, a Londoner who had come to this country after being to sea. With the vision of the people of 'How Green Was My Valley' he saw, in the lakeshore wilderness west of Scarborough Bluffs 150 years ago, the possibilities of a park, and the delight of Kew Gardens of the old land. When he could he bought land there, hewed a home out of the tangle, and called it Kew Beach. He had what turned out to be some of the best real estate in Toronto, as part of the Williams estate. The biography of Captain John Williams - factual but fascinatingly interesting - is meant to provide the reader with a sense of the tremendous maritime heritage of central Canada in a format that is interesting to both sailors and landlubbers alike. It is excitingly different. Book Description: ISBN: 0-9683798-5-0 Cover: As Above Perfect Bound with Hard Spine Bar Coded ISBN Number Size: 8.0" (W) x 10.0" (H) Pages: 200 Catalogue Information: Author Robert B. Townsend Title Master Mariner: Captain John Williams Publisher Odyssey Publishing Dewey # 386.50924 Authors: Robert B,. Townsend; C.H.J. Snider Subjects: Ship's Captains - Ontario - Biography Great Lakes - Navigation - History Sailing - Great Lakes History Ca History Ont. Virtual Impact Marketing (a division of VIMI Corp.) Burlington, Ontario L7L 6E9 Telephone: 1-800-850-7721 E-Mail: sales@vimi.com