Ship and the Storm: Hurricane Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome
Utterly compulsive and unputdownable--the most exciting, authentic, and humanly moving of all the recent Storm books. Brilliantly paced and perfectly balanced. . . . Carrier is a marvelously trustworthy narrator. . . . A terrific book.--Jonathan Raban, author of Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings and Bad Land: An American RomanceA wonderful story. An extremely well-written account of the events as I knew them. I commend Jim Carrier for a magnificent job.--Jerry D. Jarrell, Director, National Hurricane CenterIn October 1998, the majestic schooner Fantome came face-to-face with one of the most savage storms in Atlantic history. The last…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-07-137455-2
- EAN: 9780071374552
- Produktnummer: 13994743
- Verlag: Mcgraw-Hill Education
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
Über den Autor
Jim Carrier is an award-winning journalist and author of seven books. He has written for National Geographic, SAIL, and the New York Times. After 20 years as a radio newscaster, Associated Press correspondent and newspaper editor, and 13 years as the Denver Post's Rocky Mountain Ranger, he bought a 35-foot sailboat and moved aboard. A survivor of six hurricanes, including Luis, Marilyn, Georges, and Mitch, he has docked his yawl temporarily in Montgomery, Alabama.
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