| #100872 in Books | Peter Nichols | 2002-06-04 | 2002-06-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.76 x5.31l,.58 | File Name: 0060957034 | 336 pages | A Voyage for Madmen
||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Almost Unbelivable|By Customer|Unbelievable true story. Have to wonder what most of the participants were thinking about. Don't know if this is a reflection of human nature in general, or a reflection of only this specific group. At a time when navigational technology was minimally advanced and accurate, particularly for the novice, only adequate, intense, and proper train|From Publishers Weekly|In the psychedelic summer of 1968, as Apollo 8 soared toward the moon and the Democratic Convention crashed in Chicago, nine men tried finally to accomplish the sailor's age-old ultimate goal: a solo, nonstop circumnavigation of the world
In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death.
In this extraordinary book, Peter Nichols chronicles a contest of the individual...
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