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MY OLD MAN AND THE SEA : A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
by David Hays; Daniel Hays
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1565121023
- ISBN 13
- 9781565121027
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1995. First Edition, 3rd Pinting . Hardcover. New/Fine. BRAND NEW Copy. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. Pilot chart to endpapers. A memoir narrated by fatherr and son, David and Daniel Hays. A moving, often hilarious adventure on the Southern Pacific seas with father and son, and, their cat Tiger. on a 42 day voyage around Cape Horn. A 1,700 miles trip in a 25 foot sloop they spent 2-years to build. Enroute, aging father David cedes captainship to young son Daniel. The father Harvard man and author with earned honors, is now often forgetful, but, ever keenly mindful of not having known intimacy with his own sire. Son Daniel has just completed college with difficulty and is uneasy of his future. Joined by building their boat, tossed by the waves, tormented by dynamics between generations, aided by Tiger, they draw on Hemmingway and play as cats. A remarkable story of a father-son relationship.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- MY OLD MAN AND THE SEA : A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
- Author
- David Hays; Daniel Hays
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 3rd Pinting
- ISBN 10
- 1565121023
- ISBN 13
- 9781565121027
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Sports/Travel/Sailing/Memoir/Travelogue
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Expeditions;
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