Growing up in British Columbia on Savory Island were he knew he was different. There was his world of boats and
float towns and then this other
world with apartments and sky rises.
He was a tallented young man who worked hard first as a radio repairman, and exporter of the radio phone, and an aviator. His intiment knowledge of the people who inhabited the coast and a great memory for their stories, allowing us to share in the history that shapped our province.
Readers get a birds eye view of Spilsbury''s family, his memorable and eccentic mother and his father who was an invalid of sorts.
There are tones of great photos, showing the
details of local characters and the details of a life lived to its fullest that we all can envy and maybe even dream of.