Taking on the World A Sailor's Extraordinary Solo Race Around the Globe |
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| Author:
| MacArthur, Ellen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-07-143544-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2004 |
| Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
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| Imprint: | International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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"An exuberant, headlong, exhausting ride . . . more than a book about sailboat racing; it's also about a dream ferociously pursued and the price paid for realizing it . . . impossible to put down."
--Derek Lundy, author,Godforsaken Sea
"A story of mythic shape--of a young girl who receives a call to adventure and sets out on a compulsive journey, and finds mentors, tests, dark caves, despair, a supreme ordeal, and triumph."
--Peter...
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"An exuberant, headlong, exhausting ride . . . more than a book about sailboat racing; it's also about a dream ferociously pursued and the price paid for realizing it . . . impossible to put down."
--Derek Lundy, author,Godforsaken Sea
"A story of mythic shape--of a young girl who receives a call to adventure and sets out on a compulsive journey, and finds mentors, tests, dark caves, despair, a supreme ordeal, and triumph."
--Peter Nichols, author,A Voyage for Madmen
"A passionate account that is far more than just another book about racing."
--The (London) Times