The River: A Memoir of Life in the Border Cities - Softcover

Vasey, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1927428319 ISBN 13: 9781927428313

Publisher: Biblioasis, 2013

Synopsis

"Ask anyone what they love most about Winzer, and they seem always to tell you it's the people, the family and friends webbed around each of us. True. But for me the town is also, and perhaps mainly, the larger-than-life characters who ghost around in my imagination and my memory: rumrunners and prize fighters and elegant old ladies and one-eyed thugs and earnest well-meaning politicians and hucksters and hookers and crusty old editors.
Many of them I remember meeting.
Some of them I actually met."
from The River

The River is Paul Vasey’s tribute to a place he discovered by accident and loved over a lifetime. Chatty, anecdotal, personal and passionate, by one of Windsor’s most celebrated reporters and radio hosts, this meandering memoir winds its way around a river town whose sights and characters may never be fully charted: a Windsor that fired a reporter’s imagination, stole his heart, and eventually became the place he calls home.

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From the Back Cover:

What is the Detroit River? It's dumps, dogpatches, ships, steamers, storms. It's month-long salvage operations. It's the Zug Island stacks, belching clouds of purple and yellow: naphthalene, chromium, benzene, copper. It's the reflection of a city in riot. And it's the singing motormen, the agitators, and the autoworkers who look into its waves every day and see something of their future. The River Detroit is Paul Vasey's tribute to Windsor, a place he discovered by accident and loved over a lifetime. Chatty, anecdotal, personal and passionate, by the celebrated CBC broadcaster, this grass-roots memoir brings to life a new kind of border city: a town that fired Vasey's imagination, stole his heart, and eventually became the place he calls home. Praise for Paul Vasey's A Troublesome Boy and Other Works "Beneath the tough-guy prose lurks a philosopher trying to understand the lack of love ... is gruff and gritty going ... very compelling." - The Globe and Mail "Sharp, perceptive and vigorously written, Vasey's novel confronts the past in a way that rings true to adolescence in the present. Imaginative dialogue, an energetic pace and nuanced characters make this exceptional." - The Toronto Star "What Kerouac does for America, Vasey does for Windsor." - Room Magazine "A smooth and captivating read." - Canadian Book Review Annual

About the Author:

Paul Vasey is the author of ten published books – novels, short stories and non-fiction. For 18 years he hosted the CBC morning program in Windsor, Ontario and Victoria, British Columbia before retiring in August 2007. Prior to joining the CBC, Vasey was an award-winning journalist with The Windsor Star, The Hamilton Spectator, The Canadian Press and The Owen Sound Sun-Times.

Paul is president of the board of directors for a mental-health treatment centre for children and adolescents in Windsor, Ontario, and is a member of the board of the Pelee Island Bird Observatory. He has led many creative-writing workshops in elementary and high schools and at the University of Windsor and has taught journalism at St.Clair College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Biblioasis
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1927428319
• ISBN 13: 9781927428313
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208