[Loscho_Enews] Program and Book - SEA TRAVELS

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New Mariner History Book and Program ----

"SEA TRAVELS  Memoirs of a 20th Century Master Mariner"
Vaugh Sherman speaks on his book which is the story of his uncle J.
Holger Christensen.

Monday Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. - at Marysville Library
http://www.sno-isle.org/?ID=1201

Sponsored by the Marysville Historical Society
http://www.marysvillehistory.org/

Using seed money earned gold mining in Alaska, a Danish couple,
J.Holger Christensen, his wife and their two young boys make their way
to Bainbridge Island, Washington; buy a workboat; and establish
themselves among the Pacific Northwest's most respected seafarers.

J.Holger Christensen "was literally raised for the sea, starting with
those childhood days when Dad tethered me to the mast of La Blanca" as
he ferried cargo -- often berries from Bainbridge Island or dynamite
from DuPont -- throughout Puget Sound. Sea Travels: Memoirs of a
Twentieth Century Master Mariner follows Christensen as he works his
way from family deckhand to master mariner -- licensed to operate any
merchant vessel worldwide.

"Sea Travels" plays out in the first person as Christensen plies the
Pacific and visits distant lands detailing everything among them
deadly weather, labor strife, shady crew members, renegade cargo, and
unusual international relations. It tracks two generations of the
Christensen family from Puget Sound's pioneer days, to the Alaskan
Gold Rush and onto the world's open oceans. Their saga includes hard
times and history -- taking President Truman salmon fishing on Puget
Sound and La Blanca's dynamite-fueled explosion on a Tacoma shore, one
of the most dramatic Puget Sound maritime episodes to this day -- as
well as the high jinks and heroism of rootless and restless men of the
sea.

For the sake of his wife, Christensen ends his career as a merchant
mariner shortly after World War II. The couple went on to own a
hardware store and construction company on Bainbridge, then a hotel in
Port Townsend. Toward the end of his life Christensen told his nephew:

 ABOUT THE AUTHORS

   J. Holger Christensen recorded his life story shortly before he
died in 1988, at the request of his nephew, Vaughn Sherman of Edmonds.
Sherman transcribed the tapes, giving copies to family, as well as a
few local libraries and museums. Nearly 3 decades later, Sherman
decided his uncle's tales merit publishing for their unique details of
20th century culture, business, family life, the Great Depression and
World Wars.

  Vaughn Sherman spent time at sea as a Pacific Northwest fisheries
biologist before he was recruited by the CIA. He is author of Sasha's
Plotkin's Deceit, an espionage novel based on his CIA service and has
published three books dealing with the management of non-profit
organizations.

Web pages: http://patosislandpress.com & www.vaughnsherman.com

SEA TRAVELS: MEMOIRS OF A TWENTIETH CENTURY MASTER MARINER
September 2012, Patos Island Press
ISBN# 978-0-9847225-1-8~$15.95
208 pages/ 10 b&w photos/ 3 maps

CONTACT: Book It Northwest

Diane Duthweiler                     or        Gail DiRe
dduthweiler at comcast.net                   gail at gaildire.com
(206) 375-0012                                    (206) 227-1866