About Westcoast WordsWestcoast Words specializes in carefully-researched books that provide an insider’s look at how things are done—from building underwater robots to carving totem poles. We are a small publishing company dedicated to writing, promoting and publishing select titles. Well over half of our titles are marine-based; the rest describe fascinating aspects of Northwest Coast art and culture. We receive retail and wholesale queries for our books from all over the world and gladly arrange shipment. To contact us: *Reminder: Mail to Canada from the United States requires additional postage. About the AuthorsVickie Jensen juggles a number of careers, including writing, teaching, lecturing, photography and running Westcoast Words. She feels that reading and writing books has encouraged her love of adventure—she has bicycled across Canada, taught on cruise ships and spent years working with native peoples of the Northwest Coast. Her non-fiction books and articles reflect her fascination with people and the work they do. As founding editor of Westcoast Mariner magazine, every month for nearly four years she went to sea on a different kind of boat, interviewed its crew and wrote about their work. She met co-author Harry Bohm while working on an article about British Columbia ’s subsea industry. Vickie and her anthropologist husband have lectured about Northwest Coast native culture on Alaskan cruise ships and have written more than 40 Native language and culture school books for First Nations groups in British Columbia and Washington state. Harry Bohm was project manager at Simon Fraser University ’s Underwater Research Lab in Burnaby , British Columbia . He now travels extensively and consults with various organizations, including the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center in Monterey , CA , on subsea and clean water projects. Harry became interested in building submersibles and underwater exploration as a teenager; it was a passion that got him into the field of subsea engineering he so loves. Now he’s researching and developing simple, sustainable and inexpensive water pumps and filtration systems using solar energy. Harry is also working on a science adventure novel that will encourage readers to probe the more exotic mysteries and locales of the world while learning some of the technology used in scientific exploration. Vickie Jensen and Harry Bohm have co-authored:
Vickie Jensen ’s other books include:
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