Sailing Alone - A History

King has an academic''s research skills and a deep appreciation of the link between solo sailing and writing. He has also had the ocean-time to develop questions that could never have been formulated from a library ... An important, stimulating book.>

About the author

Richard J. King is a visiting associate professor in Maritime History and Literature with the Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He has been sailing on ships throughout the Atlantic and Pacific for twenty-five years and in 2007 sailed across the Atlantic alone in a 28-foot sailboat. He is the author of Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick, The Devil's Cormorant: A Natural History, Lobster, Meeting Tom Brady and co-editor of the anthology Audubon at Sea: The Coastal and Trans-Atlantic Writings of John James Audubon.

Product details

• Authors: Richard J King, Richard J. King, King Richard J.
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.09.2024
• EAN: 9781802063097
• ISBN: 978-1-80206-309-7
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Water sport, sailing; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Sailing, Travel writing, Ships and boats: general interest, Ships & boats: general interest, Sailing / yachting, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Sailing