Louisbourg or bust : a surfer's wild ride down Nova Scotia's drowned coast

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  • Author: Shaw, R. C.
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    Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association

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    "This crazy beautiful quest narrative puts Don Quixote on a bicycle and sends him out to face history with a surfboard. Half hilarious dream-adventure, half marathon nightmare, the end result is a madcap love letter to Nova Scotia."- Ken McGoogan.

    A rickety surf rig on wheels. A guide named Don Quixote. No cellphone. Louisbourg or Bust is RC Shaw's spandex-free pilgrimage up a haunted coastline. Fuelled by Hungry Man Stew & blind optimism, Shaw battles potholed hills & remote waves en route to the Fortress of Louisbourg. With a Nova Scotia road map in one hand & a fat copy of Don Quixote in the other, Shaw hatches a plan. He builds The Rig, a Frankenstein-inspired bicycle-plus-trailer to haul his camping gear & surf stuff. Then he circles Louisbourg with a black Sharpie & vows to take the fortress back from its malevolent tourist occupiers. Finally, on a clear June morning, he kisses his family goodbye & creaks off down the road in search of adventure for adventure?s sake.

    Genre: Travel writing, Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction
    Original Publisher: East Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia , Pottersfield Press
    ISBN:

    9781988286600

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Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association

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"This crazy beautiful quest narrative puts Don Quixote on a bicycle and sends him out to face history with a surfboard. Half hilarious dream-adventure, half marathon nightmare, the end result is a madcap love letter to Nova Scotia."- Ken McGoogan.

A rickety surf rig on wheels. A guide named Don Quixote. No cellphone. Louisbourg or Bust is RC Shaw's spandex-free pilgrimage up a haunted coastline. Fuelled by Hungry Man Stew & blind optimism, Shaw battles potholed hills & remote waves en route to the Fortress of Louisbourg. With a Nova Scotia road map in one hand & a fat copy of Don Quixote in the other, Shaw hatches a plan. He builds The Rig, a Frankenstein-inspired bicycle-plus-trailer to haul his camping gear & surf stuff. Then he circles Louisbourg with a black Sharpie & vows to take the fortress back from its malevolent tourist occupiers. Finally, on a clear June morning, he kisses his family goodbye & creaks off down the road in search of adventure for adventure?s sake.

Genre
Travel writing
Biographies and autobiographies
Canadian nonfiction
Publisher (Source)

East Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia

Pottersfield Press

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