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Before the Wind: True Stories about Sailing
Contributor(s): Gowdey, David (Author)

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 ISBN: 0070237565     ISBN-13: 9780070237568
Publisher: International Marine Publishing
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: February 1994
* Out of Print *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Sailing
- Travel | Special Interest - Adventure
- Sports & Recreation | Boating
Dewey: 797.1
LCCN: 93047922
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.95" W x 8.96" L (0.99 lbs) 288 pages
Features: Maps
 
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Publisher Description:

Words of wisdom, humor, practical advice, and ripping yarns.

Twenty-five selections from some of the world's most famous authors and sailors.

Read about:

  • Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail around the world alone
  • Richard Henry Dana's extraordinary account of beginning a sailor's life
  • Ted Turner's racing strategy
  • Clare Francis on her transatlantic solo race
  • Robert Louis Stevenson's emigrant passage of North America
  • Jack London sailing in Polynesia

Plus portraits of:

  • Dennis Conner
  • Thomas Lipton
  • Jacques Cousteau
  • Ernest Shackleton
  • The great schooner Bluenose
  • and more

Contributor Bio(s): Gowdey, David: - David Gowdey, a native of London, Ontario, now lives in San Rafael, California, with his wife and two children. His first collection, Riding on the Roar of the Crowd, was hailed as "an absolute feast" by hockey fans, critics, and sportswriters.
 
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