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*** New from Ambiance Silk Publishing! ***<\/b><\/span><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The paperback version of Kathy Bennett Dove's book, \"A View Askew, Along the Intracoastal Waterway,\" is now available worldwide through Barnes and Noble bookstores. Find it online at:<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 The book is also available in e-book format at Amazon (www.amazon.com)<\/strong><\/a> for tablet devices and any computers when you download the free Kindle Reader app.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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A View Askew, Along the Intracoastal Waterway \u00a0 (420 pages, 7.5\" x 9.25\", paperback)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In A View Askew, award-winning photographer Kathy Bennett Dove explores the Waterway from a variety of angles, showing what days and nights are like on a slow-go cruise. See what she sees\u2014unique or commonplace. The narrative weaves information and humor into diverse topics such as navigation, enticing alligators, boat handling, pelicans, collision courses, unexploded bombs, historical background, edible spam, and characterful towns.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kathy\u2019s at her storytelling best describing a night in an uncharted creek and adventures crossing rough waters.The travelogue is laced with 400 pictures that reveal beautiful national refuges, the hidden sides of cities, resorts and military bases, Jurassic cranes, serene anchorages, pink and gold sunsets, the love boat and ten foot flamingoes. Birds and trees unveil their personalities, colors surprise, and little worlds of imagination disclose their existence. Once you encounter a visual concept such as \u201can inch of land\u201d or an operatic tree, you will always be able to see it. It\u2019s likely you\u2019ll come away with an increased perception of your own surroundings. When you reach the destination at Kent Island, MD, you\u2019ll realize that you also experienced the trip, you know much more than you did, and maybe, you\u2019ll wish to go again.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u201cPart travelogue, part coffee table art book, part cruising guide, \u201cA View Askew\u201d by Kathy Bennett Dove is an ode to the sights and sounds of the Intracoastal Waterway and a personal meditation on a slice of Americana that few today get to experience. Dove breaks down the barriers to cruising by embarking on a three-part, 46-chapter odyssey aboard a 32-foot trawler that was done in three completely digestible two-week intervals. Sharing her appreciation for everything along the way, from quirky to historic to industrial, Dove describes the days and duties in unintimidating layman\u2019s terms, nudging into action anyone even contemplating seeing and understanding a part of this amazing country.\u201d \u00a0Zuzana Prochazka, Executive Director, Boating Writers International<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u201cKathy Bennett Dove offers a page-turning account of a trip up the proverbial \u2018ditch\u2019 in all its splendor and shortcomings. The book reads like a stroll along the ICW: leisurely, languid, besotted with glorious photos and quick observations, vignettes that frame its history and glimpses of the people who traverse its waters. It\u2019s a must-read for anyone contemplating a trip north or south but who has reservations about journeying such a long way on a boat. This book will change her mind.\u201d \u00a0Jane Meneely, former editor, Chesapeake Bay Magazine<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u201cLife enriching, stunning writing, thinking and photography\u2026a joy. I am learning all the while I read\u2026funny, fascinating.\" \u00a0Anne Mayo Graf, Musician, world sailor<\/span><\/p>\n

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*** New from Ambiance Silk Publishing! ***\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The paperback version of Kathy Bennett Dove’s book, “A View Askew, Along the Intracoastal Waterway,” is now available worldwide through Barnes and Noble bookstores. Find it online at: www.barnesandnoble.com \u00a0 \u00a0 The book is also available in e-book format at Amazon (www.amazon.com) for tablet devices and any Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"url":"","client":"","location":"","start_date":"","end_date":"","footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ambiancesilk.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3250"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ambiancesilk.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ambiancesilk.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ambiancesilk.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ambiancesilk.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3250"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/ambiancesilk.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3305,"href":"http:\/\/ambiancesilk.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3250\/revisions\/3305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ambiancesilk.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}