Cathedral of the World Sailing Notes for a Blue Planet

Name: Cathedral of the World Sailing Notes for a Blue Planet
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ISBN: 9780385494762

ISBN-10: 0385494769

ISBN-13: 9780385494762

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Authors: Myron Arms

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The curved lines of a sailing ship resemble the inverted dome of a great cathedral, surrounded not by soot-covered buildings and crowded streets but by a vast liquid wilderness. This physical and symbolic connection is at the thematic heart of Cathedral of the World, a collection of essays in which writer and professional small-boat sailor Myron Arms sets out on a journey both physical and spiritual, seeking to explore what he calls "the primal spaces" and to articulate the sailor's age-old quest to understand his world and himself. Arms, author of the Boston Globe bestseller Riddle of the Ice, weaves the experiences of four decades at sea into a series of reflections that range across half…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/18/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.440

Myron Arms is writer, lecturer, and professional small-boat sailor. His previous books include the best-seller Riddle of the Ice, and more recently Servants of the Fish. He has published numerous articles in Cruising World, Blue Water Sailing, and many other sailing and adventure magazines. Readers may sample his other writing and sailing adventures at www.myronarms.com .



Preface


Forest Light


Charts and Other Fiction


The Ocean Experience


Cathedral of the World


The Flight of Seabirds


The Tunnel


On Living in the Present


Day Twenty-Two


Encounters with Leviathans


Varuna


Feeding the Sea Gods


The Breath of Being


If You See the Buddha, Kill Him


Wandering


Ukivik Island


Landscape and Humanscape


Darwin


A Lesson in Simple Geometry


Water Colors


Poems in the Lap of Death


Bibliography and Further Reading