tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116085973306668397.post4499964884770631109..comments2023-11-06T18:49:51.851-08:00Comments on Admiral Cod: The Queen of Whale Cay: The Eccentric Story of "Joe" Carstairs, Fastest Woman on WaterLaguna Beach Fogeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08027025872132699493noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116085973306668397.post-66295423385391609982010-04-29T10:17:32.825-07:002010-04-29T10:17:32.825-07:00I found this book years ago at Hatchard's Book...I found this book years ago at Hatchard's Book Shop in Picadilly, and began reading it at the top of a No.14<br />bus. Got into hysterics over Lord Todd Watley in his<br />various guises~who would not?~and was nearly thrown off the bus for disrupting the peace. Yet Joe<br />Carstairs wasn't entirely a joke despite her devotion to<br />a rag doll. In fact she was a marvelous woman, full of<br />generous impulses.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116085973306668397.post-43278951835111513642010-04-29T07:10:26.730-07:002010-04-29T07:10:26.730-07:00I've got to read this! I find it fascinating ...I've got to read this! I find it fascinating how wild women (and men) went in the 1920's only to go back to observing societies norms in the 1930's, as if the 20's never happened. I guess that you couldn't stay wild unless you had your own island.Belle de Villehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045827018848979761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116085973306668397.post-83777344939938086102010-04-28T09:06:09.790-07:002010-04-28T09:06:09.790-07:00Wow! She sounds fascinating!Wow! She sounds fascinating!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033574530199322287noreply@blogger.com