A Voyage for Madmen Paperback - 2002
by Peter Nichols
The true story of the 1968 oceanic adventure of nine sailors who set off in a race to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop--something that had never been done before--and their obsessive desire to test the limits of human endurance. 16-page insert. 8 maps. 5 line drawings.
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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 against the sea, waged at a time before cell phones, satellite dishes, and electronic positioning systems. A Voyage for Madmen is a tale of sailors driven by their own dreams and demons, of horrific storms in the Southern Ocean, and of those riveting moments when a split-second decision means the difference between life and death.
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- Title A Voyage for Madmen
- Author Peter Nichols
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date 2002-06-04
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780060957032 / 0060957034
- Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.8 in (20.57 x 14.22 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Sailors, Yacht racing
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00047196
- Dewey Decimal Code 797.14
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