Shoreline announces Taun Robertson’s book launch for...

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Shoreline 23 Ste-Anne, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Quebec H9X 1L1 Tel. (514) 457-5733 [email protected] www.shorelinepress.ca Thursday, September 17, 2015 5 - 8 pm Pointe Claire Yacht Club 1 Cartier Ave. Pointe-Claire, Qc 514.457.5733 ISBN 978-1-926953-31-1 8x10” 364 pp. $35 Shoreline announces Taun Robertson’s book launch for THOSE LAKESHORE YEARS 1937 - 1962 Stroll through Pointe-Claire Village, Quebec, with author Taun Robertson as he recounts tales of his early Lakeshore years, focusing on many of the residents who defined this community through the 40’s and 50’s. This typical Lakeshore village grew with the addition of summer homes after WWI and new young families after WWII. Anecdotes of business owners, families, World War II air-raid drills, local war heroes, the RAF Ferry Command, a Venezuelan revolutionary, and the sailors of Pointe- Claire Yacht Club come together to tell a big story about a small town. Taun and his brother, Ian, became yachtsmen like their father, Ross Robertson. Years of cruising and racing at the PCYC instilled a passion in many sailors that would last a lifetime..After fifty years, Taun’s memories are as clear as the sparkling waters of Lac St-Louis on a breezy race day. O, those Lakeshore years…. Those Lakeshore Years may be ordered through

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Shoreline 23 Ste-Anne, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Quebec H9X 1L1 Tel. (514) 457-5733 [email protected] www.shorelinepress.ca

Thursday, September 17, 2015 5 - 8 pm Pointe Claire Yacht Club 1 Cartier Ave. Pointe-Claire, Qc 514.457.5733

ISBN 978-1-926953-31-1

8x10” 364 pp. $35

Shoreline announcesTaun Robertson’s book launch for

THOSE LAKESHORE YEARS

1937 - 1962

Stroll through Pointe-Claire Village, Quebec, with author Taun Robertson as he recounts tales of his early Lakeshore years, focusing on many of the residents who defined this community through the 40’s and 50’s. This typical Lakeshore village grew with the addition of summer homes after WWI and new young families after WWII. Anecdotes of business owners, families, World War II air-raid drills, local war heroes, the RAF Ferry Command, a Venezuelan revolutionary, and the sailors of Pointe-Claire Yacht Club come together to tell a big story about a small town. Taun and his brother, Ian, became yachtsmen like their father, Ross Robertson.

Years of cruising and racing at the PCYC instilled a passion in many sailors that would last a lifetime..After fifty years, Taun’s memories are as clear as the sparkling waters of Lac St-Louis on a breezy race day. O, those Lakeshore years….

Those Lakeshore Years may be ordered through