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Author: d'Aboville, Gerard
ISBN: 9781611451122

by Gerard D'Aboville; Introduction by Paul Theroux

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The incredible story of one man's heroic battle against almost impossible odds, Alone tells of d'Aboville's mission to row across the Pacific Ocean. "A gripping story not just of physical endurance but of mental and spiritual fortitude".--Publishers Weekly. Introduction by Paul Theroux. 24 photos, 22 in color. Map.

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This is the incredible true story of one man's heroic battle against impossible odds, a tale of pain and anguish, bravery and utter solitude, a tale that ends in a victory not only over the implacable ocean but over himself as well.

At the age of forty-five, Gerard d'Aboville set out to row across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the United States. Taking his rowboat the Sector, which had a living compartment thirty-one inches high, containing a bunk, one-burner stove, and a ham radio, d'Aboville made his way across an ocean 6,200 miles wide. Though he rowed twelve hours a day, battled cyclones and headwinds that kept him in one place for days at a time, was capsized dozens of times forty-foot waves that hit him like cannonballs, he never quit; even when he was trapped upside down inside his cabin for almost two hours while nearly depleting his oxygen trying to right the boat.

One hundred and thirty-four days after his departure, d'Aboville arrived in the little fishing village of Ilwaco, Washington, leaving his body bruised and battered, and weighing thirty-seven pounds less. This is his story.

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Title Alone: The True Story of the Man Who Fought the Sharks, Waves, and Weather of the Pacific and Won
Author Gerard D'Aboville; Introduction by Paul Theroux
Binding Paperback
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 176
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Arcade Publishing
Publication date 2011-09
Illustrated Yes
Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781611451122 / 1611451124
Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 1.78 cm)
Category Biography / Autobiography
Library of Congress subjects Sector (Boat), North Pacific Ocean
Dewey Decimal Code B

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