Alone The True Story of the Man Who Fought the Sharks, Waves, and Weather of the Pacific and Won

Name: Alone The True Story of the Man Who Fought the Sharks, Waves, and Weather of the Pacific and Won
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ISBN: 9781611451122

ISBN-10: 1611451124

ISBN-13: 9781611451122

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Authors: Gerard d'Aboville, Paul Theroux, Gerard d'Aboville

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This is the incredible true story of one man'¬"s heroic battle against impossible odds, a tale of pain and anguish, bravery and utter solitude, a tale that ends in a victory not only over the implacable ocean but over himself as well. At the age of forty-five, Gerard d'¬"Aboville set out to row across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the United States. Taking his rowboat the Sector, which had a living compartment thirty-one inches high, containing a bunk, one-burner stove, and a ham radio, d'¬"Aboville made his way across an ocean 6,200 miles wide. Though he rowed twelve hours a day, battled cyclones and headwinds that kept him in one place for days at a time, was capsized dozens of times…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

PAUL THEROUXnbsp;is the author of many highly acclaimed books. His novels include The Lower River and The Mosquito Coast, and his renowned travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star and Dark Star Safari. He lives in Hawaii and Cape Cod.



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Prologue



With a Big Roll of Dreams under My Arm



"Good Luck"



Ahead of Me, an Enormous Void



"Rowboat Calling Okera"



With My Head in the Stars



And If All This Were Really Pointless



Survival



Typhoons



Indelibly Inscribed



Do You See the Coastline?



The "Heavenly Bum"



One Second Longer