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The definitive history of a canoe building business run by two brothers from 1908 to the 1960s. They turned out approximately 1000 boats, near Tacoma, Washington on the Puget Sound. Packed with historical detail, and building logs, this book has been written by someone who cares deeply about the boats, and in fact restores Willits canoes under the shingle of McFarland Lake Canoe Company.
Table of Contents
Part 1:The Brothers
Childhood & family Matters
Early Washington Years
A Canoe Company is Born
Serious Business and the Business of war
Second to None: The Day Island Years
Marriages
End of an Era
Lost Opportunities
Part 2: The Canoes
The Sincerest of Flattery
Hand Made, or Machine Made? Manufacturing Methods and Canoe Details
People Prefer Willits Canoes to All Others
Willits Canoes Today: Availability Repairs, Restoration.
272 pp., softcover
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