Sailing the Pacific: A Voyage Across the Longest Stretch of Water on Earth, and a Journey Into Its Past
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Book Overview
In hawser-taut prose recalling the works of Melville, Conrad, and Poe, Miles Hordern recounts his voyage on a twenty-eight-foot boat from New Zealand to South America, the largest uninterrupted stretch of water on earth, and the dominion of icebergs, cyclones, and monumental swells. Taking into account those who have gone before him--writers, adventurers, fictional characters, cartographers, and doomed voyages, from the S.S. Whaleship Essex to the HMS Bounty--Hordern has written an unforgettable classic that is part sailing yarn, part adventure story, and part homage.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:031231082X
ISBN13:9780312310820
Release Date:August 2004
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Length:241 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
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A good matter-of-fact read!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I will start off with saying I would recommend this book... If you want to know the exacting accounts of traversing the pacific. I do however suggest keeping a dictionary of nautical terms nearby if you are not versed in sailor jargon. It is pretty much a play-by-play account of what happened to the author while on the journey. It does contain some great literary qualities in explaining the author's contentment and stife of the experience. I enjoyed it.
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