Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories

Name: Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories
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ISBN: 9781592283194

ISBN-10: 1592283195

ISBN-13: 9781592283194

Edition: 2004

Authors: Christopher Caswell

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For thousands of years, man has sailed into battle, sailed for rumored wealth, and sailed for pure adventure. And for nearly as long, stories about the sea have entertained, intrigued, and inspired readers. The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told brings together some of the most compelling writing of the millennium. Here is Peter Goss's wrenching narrative of incredible courage in the world's most desolate ocean; Ernest Shackleton's understated and awesome account of one of the most daring small-boat journeys ever taken, where failure meant certain death for his long-suffering crew. But sailing is much more than headlong dashes into roaring seas. You'll also find William F. Buckley Jr. on…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 4/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction


Close Encounter



The Story of Sailing



The Fisherman's Cup Races



The Making of a Yachtsman



All at Sea



Epilogue



The Boat Journey



An August Day's Sail



About Figaro



The Crystal Coast



Aloft on the Flying Cloud



The Sea and the Wind That Blows



Overwhelmed



Sailing Alone Around the World



Down Spinnaker!



Rendezvous



Smith Versus Lichtensteiger



Being Ashore



Captain Jim and Reynard



Yachtswoman Solo



Daysail Content?



Owen Chase's Narrative



Kidnapped



Hornblower and the Man Who Felt Queer



A Pacific Passage



Call Me Ishmael



"100 Tons of Bronze, Son"



Service in the Mediterranean