Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell: A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing by Smith, Chas - 2013

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Smith, Chas, 2013-11-19. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

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It Books, 2013-11-18. hardcover. Good. 6x1x9. Ex-library. Text block unmarked Hardcover in jacket with attched mylar cover.

Smith, Chas, 2013-11-19. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

New York: It Books, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction. Surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith's wild and unflinching look at the high-stakes world of surfing on Oahu's North Shore—a riveting, often humorous, account of beauty, greed, danger, and crime. For two months every winter, when Pacific storms make landfall, swarms of mainlanders, Brazilians, Australians, and Europeans flock to Oahu's paradisiacal North Shore in pursuit of some of the greatest waves on earth for surfing's Triple Crown competition. Chas Smith reveals how this influx transforms a sleepy, laid-back strip of coast into a lawless, violent, drug-addled, and adrenaline-soaked mecca. Smith captures this exciting and dangerous place where locals, outsiders, the surf industry, and criminal elements clash in a fascinating look at class, race, power, money, and crime, set within one of the most beautiful places on earth. The result is a… Read More

It Books, 2013. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.81 inches.

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It Books. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in fine condition. DJ in fine condition and in protective mylar cover. Inscribed by author. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2013.