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On whale island notes from a place I never meant to leave

The author, an incurable sea lover from Idaho, chronicles the year of family adventure to which his wife and stepson agreed, living at the whim of the elements in a house he built on an island he bought in Nova Scotia, and discusses his reluctant departure at year's end.

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  • "The author, an incurable sea lover from Idaho, chronicles the year of family adventure to which his wife and stepson agreed, living at the whim of the elements in a house he built on an island he bought in Nova Scotia, and discusses his reluctant departure at year's end."@en
  • "As chronicled in the bestselling book My old man and the sea, the thirst for living an unconventional life led Daniel Hays to sail around Cape Horn with his father in a boat they built themselves. Thinking his wanderlust satisfied, Hays married and settled down, only to find himself restless for adventure once again. On Whale Island tells the story of how he packed up three boatloads of supplies, his wife, stepson, and two dogs and moved to a remote island off the coast of Nova Scotia, fulfilling a lifelong fantasy of escaping from the confines of civilization and living by his wits."@en
  • "After Daniel Hays and his father built a twenty-five-foot boat and sailed it around Cape Horn, he thought he had put his wanderlust to rest. He went back to school, bought a house, took a job, got married. But in the real world he felt lost. So he bought an island off the coast of Nova Scotia, built a house, packed up his wife and stepson and two dogs and three boatloads of supplies, and moved there. For a year."@en
  • "Memoir by Daniel Hays describing how he and his father built a twenty-five-foot boat and sailed it around Cape Horn, which having done, he thought he had put wanderlust to rest. Daniel went back to normal everyday life, but felt unsatisfied. So he bought an island off the coast of Nova Scotia, and moved there with his family."@en

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  • "Biography"@en
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  • "On whale island notes from a place I never meant to leave"@en
  • "On Whale Island : notes from a place I never meant to leave"@en
  • "On Whale Island notes from a place I never meant to leave"@en
  • "On Whale Island [notes from a place I never meant to leave]"@en