false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178331427m/785625.jpg 785625 15 Happy Adventure was a schooner with one fatal  flaw. It leaked like a sieve. So why would anyone  repeatedly expose himself and his friends to the  elements of the North Atlantic in a treacherous,  stubborn, uncomfortable, unfloatable boat which at last  count, has sunk eight times? Any explanation of  this appalling narative seems outrageously unlikely.  But the story is true. All too true. And it's  decidedly the funniest story yet from Farley Mowat,  whose books have sold over a million and a half  copies in this country  alone. 320150 1984 The Boat Who Wouldn't Float total:201|5:59|4:84|3:52|2:5|1:1| 201 798 267 21 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 05:35:07 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 16:07:46 -0700 2009 2
Farley Mowat has the happy knack for making himself the butt of humorous stories which seem just unlikely enough to be true. I admit that much of the sailing jargon was lost on me, but Mowat's skill is such that I was able to laugh along, if not as heartily as a se...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 14 18:51:44 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 19:06:26 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Thu Jan 01 16:32:25 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 16:36:42 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 22 09:38:16 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 09:41:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 07 00:21:58 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 00:24:13 -0700 2008
By the way, my brothers boats all float, and the...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 23 07:14:25 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 07:15:31 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 01:57:55 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 12:32:04 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 11 18:18:13 -0800 2007 Mon May 28 09:41:30 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 11:58:37 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Sep 06 10:27:57 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 10:29:37 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Nov 12 20:52:32 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 20:53:31 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 15:20:03 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 03:11:36 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 23 02:51:26 -0800 2007 Thu Oct 09 13:35:56 -0700 2008 3 4 0 false false Sat May 03 12:15:06 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 20 06:43:43 -0800 2008 Sat May 03 12:15:06 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 19:16:31 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 19:16:35 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Jun 25 18:08:30 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 18:09:12 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Mar 11 14:13:08 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 14:14:15 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Jun 05 10:53:23 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 10:54:40 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Jan 19 08:46:21 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 08:46:48 -0800 2008 ]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 30 13:47:44 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 13:47:44 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Aug 25 11:22:23 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 11:22:45 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=785625