Wooden Head; a story of nine decades in the Dutch East Indies, Holland, the United States, and Canada
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Staverman, F. H.
issued: 2022-06-28
issued: [1966?]
description: "Autobiography of a Dutchman who settled on a farm near Victoria in 1927. He became a poultry farmer and was active in the C.C.F."-- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 265
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extent: 199 pages ; 21 cm
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note: wooden head I . THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA f.h.st aver man Wooden Head A Story of Nine Decades ri the Dutch East Indies, Holland, the United States and Canada by F. H. Staverman This is a vivid autobiographical record of an adventurous life in the Dutch East Indies and on the high seas. Wooden Head is the nickname given to the author during his boyhood days as a student at a naval college in Holland, because ". . . he could use his head to bump into an adversary with extra force without feeling any bad consequences . . ." On this jocular note begins this volume of exciting reminiscences spanning nearly a century, and four continents. As a naval college graduate at the turn of the century, he roves to many distant, exotic ports-of- call—Algiers, Batavia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Suez, Port Said . . . Typical of his adventures is his voyage aboard the Friso in 1895. The reader accompanies him into the eye of a hurricane in the southern Indian ocean. "Toward ten o'clock at night, the wind, which had been growing fiercer all day, went down until it disappeared altogether. A short time later, a wind came through from the opposite direction. The 'eye' of the storm had passed right over the ship and we were caught in its full fury . . ." Somehow, Wooden Head survives. Eventually, he settles in the Dutch East Indies, where he runs a plantation. Later, (continued on back flap) OODEN HEAD A Story of Nine Decades n the Dutch East Indies, Holland, the United States and Canada F. H* Staverman EXPOSITION PRESS • NEW YORK Exposition Press Inc., 386 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 FIRST EDITION © 1966 by F. H. Staverman. All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form, except for short quotations in critical essays and reviews. Manufactured in the United States of America. EP 44090 G. W. S. Ltngbeek, M.D. of Laag-Soeren, Heelsum and The Hague, Holland; AND TO MY FRIEND Mrs. R. Franklin of Victoria, B.C. who has given me the inspiration to w…
note: Other copies : http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/175845
has type: Books
has type: Biographies
identifier: CT1158.S7 A3 1966
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0415841
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New York : Exposition Press
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. CT1158.S7 A3 1966
subject: Adventure and adventurers
subject: Victoria (B.C.)
subject: Travelers
subject: Netherlands
type: Text