Welcome to my stop on the excerpt tour for I'll Go the Length of Meself: The Story of Newfoundland's Daring Rascal, Captain Guy Earle, North America's Youngest Master Mariner by Philip Earle. This tour was organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. On my stop, I have an exclusive excerpt from the book. There's also the tour wide giveaway for a chance to win a $15 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card. Be sure to visit the other stops on the tour for more exclusive excerpt. Enjoy!
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Author: Philip Earle
Publisher: Tellwell Talent
Publication Date: March 27th 2022
Print Length: 373 pages
Genre: Memoir
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"Guy's life was a living adventure: he was a mariner and navigator of the first order, a character with the bravery of a Viking and the kindness of Robin Hood. Generous to a fault, he could never turn his back on someone in need, and would risk his life in a flash to save the life of another. He was like a godfather to the coastal people.
– Philip Earle
"Guy Earle commanded ships when he was a boy. He had the qualities admired by Newfoundlanders, and created maximum employment in the family business wherever he could. He was truly a Newfoundland hero."
– Geoff Stirling, (1921–2013), founder, CJON-TV (NTV)
"Guy had a mind of his own. He was a terrific leader and he played hard to win at anything he did. He was quick to size up a situation and quick to take action. He never, ever accepted the word 'can't'; if it was possible, it had to be done."
– Fred Earle (1924–1999), Guy's brother and partner in business
"Skipper Guy could take charge on anything. He had no fear and believed in himself. He could make friends with the Queen, as they say, if he wanted, and get anything he wanted."
– Fred Rossiter, (1905–1985), shipmate and friend of Guy.
"It must be a beautiful thing to know you saved someone's life. Guy Earle saved me. I've had a long life, a successful business, and raised a family because of him. He was a great man."
– Ed Wahlen, businessman and friend of Guy
"Guy Earle was the exemplification of courage in everything he did. His trade was with people and his warmth spread as widely as his countless business negotiations. He gave his life to his vision of the fishery; it was his gift to his homeland, a gift few men can claim to better."
– Maurice Quinlan (1910–1983), co-founder, Quinlan Brothers Ltd
"Guy Earle was sent here by God to give to people."
– Pasteur Harold Slade
"Captain Guy was a daring seafarer whose legendary adventures rivalled those of the heroes in such Hollywood films as Captain Blood, Down to The Sea in Ships, and Captains Courageous."
– Gordon Lore, author
"There will never be another Guy Earle; there couldn't be."
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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT:
Intelligence is not just an act of thinking. It does not take place only in the thinking consciousness, but also in the unconscious awareness area of the brain. Your unconscious awareness affects your thinking and can also make you act without thinking. If you have ever solved a difficult problem in mathematics—or any problem—while you were asleep, waking up with the answer in your head, the process has involved unconscious awareness.
It is where scientific discoveries and creativity occur. This same thing happened when you were a child running across rocks in a stream. When you got going out over the water in a forward motion, you didn’t know where you were going to put your next step on a rock ahead of you. But you went from rock to rock all the way across, not knowing how you did it. Your unconscious awareness knew where to make your feet go! You were moving too fast for the thinking mind to guide you correctly to the next rock. What makes a baby think and learn a language? Thinking does not teach itself to think—the inherited instinct of unconscious awareness teaches the baby.
This is what happened with Skipper Guy one June morning in 1959. I was thirteen and in disbelief at what I witnessed. I could not understand how the skipper automatically acted without thought while completing a stunt.
I was in the front seat, and the skipper was driving his car on the road around the beach in Carbonear when he noticed something wrong on the company wharf. We took off down the street, and when we got to the entrance of the company premises going down the hill between two buildings, he turned into it and hit the gas! We were hurtling along at high speed like we were free-falling down the hill. The road down to the wharf had three sharp ninety-degree turns before it came out on the inner wharf, and he never touched the brakes. As I tried to hold on, I was thrown left onto him in one turn, then right onto my door on the next turn. It was the most reckless driving I had ever seen him do! How the car never hit something or rolled over, I don’t know. But this was nothing compared to what happened next.
As we drove out straight towards the water, we had to make a ninety-degree left turn around the corner of the building facing the main wharf. The building completely blocked our view from what was around the corner. When we turned the corner—at full speed—there was a big truck blocking our way! There was no way around it, and one of two things had to happen: either stop the car or continue towards a head-on collision—at least that’s what I thought. But what did I know? That wasn’t the case with the skipper!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
My father lived an exhilarating life. With I’ll Go the Length of Meself, my hope is to showcase his legacy as a great mariner, businessman, humanitarian, and exhibitionist, along with many other attributes. There will never be another Guy Earle, there couldn’t be. This is his story, and I’m proud to share it.
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GIVEAWAY:
Dr. Philip Earle will be awarding a $15 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter. Good luck!
(All the Ups and Downs is not responsible for this giveaway, its entries, or the prize. Goddess Fish Promotions and the author assume all responsibility over this giveaway.)
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