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Fried Eggs and Fish Scales

Fried Eggs and Fish Scales

Tales from a Sointula Troller

by Jon Taylor
Paperback
Publication Date: 11/12/2024

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Longtime fisherman and Sointula resident Jon Taylor dishes up hilarious yarns from his life off northern Vancouver Island.

Capturing the "rough but reasonable" freedom of Malcolm Island, situated off the northeast shore of Vancouver Island, Jon Taylor recounts the bizarre but enticing lifestyle of a fisherman and his remote community--"haywire tightwads" for skippers, rotten fish in the hold that become "three thousand humpies in a warm, pink soup," and the kind of integrity you don't often see.

Jon Taylor's family history on Malcolm Island extends back to 1917, when Taylor's Finnish grandparents planned to move to the community of Sointula, to live among fellow expats who shared a language and a dream. However, Taylor recounts, upon seeing the island they promptly changed their minds and moved to Cuba. Taylor himself moved to Malcolm Island in 1976 and became a steadfast resident, embracing the fishboat life, for better or worse, aboard seiners, gillnetters and his own troller. Taylor captures a classic but now-disappearing way of life in its heyday with his vibrant and amusing vignettes.

ISBN:
9781990776656
9781990776656
Category:
Memoirs
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
11-12-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
Harbour Publishing Company, Limited
Country of origin:
Canada
Dimensions (mm):
215.9x139.7x14.99mm
Weight:
0.29kg
Jon Taylor

Jon Taylor is also a professional podcaster from San Diego. He has a degree in English Literature from UC Santa Cruz. He spent several years as a stand-up comic on the East Coast before moving back to Southern California. Jon is co-author to Düngeonmeister.

Jon is also a co-creator and co-host of the System Mastery podcast with Jef Aldrich where they review and comment on odd classic RPGs, poking fun at obscure stories and systems while taking the game for a spin.

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