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A Speck on the Sea: Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels
by Longyard, William | PB | Good
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- Product Group
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- ISBN
- 0071440291
- Book Title
- Speck on the Sea : Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels
- Item Length
- 8.9in
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
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- Genre
- Travel, Transportation, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Sailing, Essays & Travelogues, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Kayaking
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 18.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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"A gripping compendium of noteworthy small-boat voyages made over the centuries." --John Harland, author of Seamanship in the Age of Sail A Speck on the Sea chronicles the greatest ocean voyages attempted in the littlest boats. These feats include: Diego Mendez's voyage to rescue Columbus William Okeley's escape from slavery in a folding rowboat Ernest Shackleton's death-cheating journeys And more
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Publisher
McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
ISBN-10
0071440291
ISBN-13
9780071440295
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30264187
Product Key Features
Book Title
Speck on the Sea : Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sailing, Essays & Travelogues, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Kayaking
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Travel, Transportation, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Table of Content
Introduction 63 A.D. - Sixteenth Century / The Fogbound Past Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / Two Desperate Escapes 1865 - 1876 / Victorian Venturers 1876 - 1900 / The Paths of Glory 1900 - 1920 / A World to Conquer 1920 - 1930s / Lovers and Other Losers The 1940s / Big Feat, Little Notice The 1950s / Goofy and Gallant The 1960s / Doing Your Own Thing The 1970s / The Pursuit of Happiness The 1980s / The Golden Decade The 1990s / Records and Redux The New Millennium / New Faces and Old To Sea or Not to Sea / Conclusion Appendix / Rowers and Other Strangers Appendix / Other Notable Voyages Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Copyright Date
2004
Dewey Decimal
910.4/5
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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