Lone Voyager - E. Garland Joseph
Lone Voyager - E. Garland Joseph
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn Hero Fisherman of Gloucester
AutorzyE. Garland Joseph
EAN: 9780684872636
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374EWN03527KS
Rok wydania
2000
Elementy
336
Format
14.0x21.6cm
Język
angielski

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14 dni na łatwy zwrot

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Symbol
374EWN03527KS
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9780684872636
Autorzy
E. Garland Joseph
Rok wydania
2000
Elementy
336
Format
14.0x21.6cm
Język
angielski

Like countless Gloucester fishermen before and since, Howard Blackburn and Tom Welch were trawling for halibut on the Newfoundland banks in an open dory in 1883 when a sudden blizzard separated them from their mother ship. Alone on the empty North Atlantic, they battled towering waves and frozen spray to stay afloat. Welch soon succumbed to exposure, and Blackburn did the only thing he could: He rowed for shore. He rowed five days without food or water, with his hands frozen to the oars, to reach the coast of Newfoundland. Yet his tests had only
So begins Joe Garland's extraordinary account of the hero fisherman of Gloucester. Incredibly, though Blackburn lost his fingers to his icy misadventure, he went on to set a record for swiftest solo sailing voyage across the Atlantic that stood for decades. Lone Voyager is a Homeric saga of survival at sea and a thrilling portrait of the world's most fabled fishing port in the age of sail.
EAN: 9780684872636
EAN: 9780684872636
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