from Fjord to Floathouse is the saga of hardy West Coast pioneers, who lived in snug floating homes and were sustained by surrounding sea and forest. Water transportation, written communication, semi-weekly shipments of staple supplies (anything they could not shoot, catch, or pick) were continuing limitations. In short time segments, complete with maps, letters, photographs and recipes, readers are drawn into a rural lifestyle that only few have experienced, or even been aware existed.