A Mile Down: The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea
Autor David Vannen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iun 2005
If
you've
ever
owned
a
sailboat
or
had
a
friend
who
did,
you
know
how
it
begins:
with
a
dream.
You
dream
about
the
ship,
and
gradually
the
dream
consumes
you.
Practical
considerations
lose
all
meaning
...
until,
inevitably,
the
dream
morphs
into
a
nightmare.
David
Vann
is
familiar
with
that
nightmare.
His
begins
in
Turkey:
a
thirty-year-old
tourist,
he
stumbles
across
the
steel
frame
of
a
ninety-foot
sailboat
that
cries
out
to
be
built.
From
friends,
family,
and
credit
cards,
he
borrows
the
150,000
to
construct
the
ship.
The
Turkish
builders
take
shameless
advantage
of
him,
eventually
charging
him
over
500,000.
On
the
edge
of
financial
ruin,
Vann
starts
a
chartering
business.
But,
when
some
new
part
of
the
ship
isn't
falling
apart,
he
encounters
freak
storms.
As
his
debts
escalate,
Vann
begins
to
wonder
if
he
is
merely
repeating
his
father's
dreams
and
failures
at
sea—which
ended
with
his
father's
suicide.
At
once
a
page-turning
true
story
of
adventure
on
the
open
ocean
and
an
archetypal
tale
of
one
man's
attempt
to
overcome
fate
and
realize
his
dream,
A
Mile
Down
is
an
unforgettable
story
of
struggle
and
redemption
by
a
writer
at
the
top
of
his
form.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781560257103
ISBN-10: 1560257105
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
ISBN-10: 1560257105
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
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Tells the story of building author's own sailing ship and of the disastrous voyage that ensues. With an adventure on the open ocean and a tale of one man's attempt to overcome fate and realise his dream, this is a unforgettable story of struggle and redemption by a writer of rare power.