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One Inch from Disaster: True Tales from the Wilds of British Columbia
Kelly Ricketts has spent over half his life in the Campbell River area of Vancouver Island and lived in almost every region of BC, and like many rural British Columbians, he has tried his hand at an astonishing array of occupations from logging to mining to wrangling horses. Add to this a passion for the outdoors, heavyweight boxing, performing his own music and storytelling, and you have the makings of a very lively memoir.
In One Inch from Disaster, Ricketts shares his closest calls, most daring feats and most embarrassing mistakes with the nonchalance and wry self-deprecation that comes from living a highly active life. Whether leaping from boat to boat on the crest of a giant wave, driving a bulldozer over a pile of dynamite, changing a tire just feet away from an angry grizzly or picking a fight with a group of Hell’s Angels, Ricketts rarely let the possibility of danger get in the way of a good story.
Featuring hilarity, excitement and occasional moments of true reverence, One Inch from Disaster may inspire even the most confirmed city-dweller to get out and explore the adventures that await on the wilder side of life. On the other hand, the reader may feel grateful to live out these adventures vicariously from the comfort of their home, guided by such a riotous storyteller.
In One Inch from Disaster, Ricketts shares his closest calls, most daring feats and most embarrassing mistakes with the nonchalance and wry self-deprecation that comes from living a highly active life. Whether leaping from boat to boat on the crest of a giant wave, driving a bulldozer over a pile of dynamite, changing a tire just feet away from an angry grizzly or picking a fight with a group of Hell’s Angels, Ricketts rarely let the possibility of danger get in the way of a good story.
Featuring hilarity, excitement and occasional moments of true reverence, One Inch from Disaster may inspire even the most confirmed city-dweller to get out and explore the adventures that await on the wilder side of life. On the other hand, the reader may feel grateful to live out these adventures vicariously from the comfort of their home, guided by such a riotous storyteller.
249 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 5, 2022
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July 18, 2023
I really wanted to love this book more than I did. It was set in places that I know well. It was just like sitting around the table with my dad and his buddies as they told their own “I almost died stories” and tried to one up each other.
It’s all short stories, which is great for popping in and out of the book. But it doesn’t grab your attention for long. The writing style is not refined, but given Kelly has had many careers in his life, I am not surprised he made an overall easy reading entertaining book. I did feel like one of his kids gathered round hearing the tales of his youth.
It’s all short stories, which is great for popping in and out of the book. But it doesn’t grab your attention for long. The writing style is not refined, but given Kelly has had many careers in his life, I am not surprised he made an overall easy reading entertaining book. I did feel like one of his kids gathered round hearing the tales of his youth.
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