Vince Backen turns the page with latest venture
Vince Backen inside his new literary endeavor on California Avenue. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)
Vince Backen, who pursues his love of reading when not sailing the globe, saw a largely untapped market for a bookseller in Libby. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)
After visiting bookstores around the globe as a merchant sailor, Vince Backen opened a bookshop of his own earlier this month on California Avenue to offer a literary outlet to locals. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)
When Vince Backen lands in a foreign port, one of his first stops is almost always the local bookstore.
While his fellow sailors might make a beeline for bars or brothels, Backen, a merchant mariner, has found that nothing breaks the monotony of sea travel like a good paperback...
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