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Comeback: My Race for the America's Cup
by Conner, Dennis; Stannard, Bruce; Larsen, Paul C
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312009003
- ISBN 13
- 9780312009007
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
St Martins Pr, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A., 1987., 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. SIGNED by author, Connor, on title page. Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine blue pictorial dj. Giftable. 239 pp., Color photo illus., Glossary, Team names and index. endpapers illustrated with sailboat illustrations. Dennis Conner, the first man to lose the America's Cup--sailing's Holy Grail--and the first to win it back. In the straight-shooting and colorful style of a born raconteur, Conner reveals in vivid detail the inner workings of the Cup campaign to end all Cup campaigns. As skipper of Stars and Stripes, Conner raised the funds, called the shots, hired and fired key personnel, and channeled millions of dollars into the ideal superboat. This is that story made all the more special by the emboss and signature of a true American hero.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37713
- Title
- Comeback: My Race for the America's Cup
- Author
- Conner, Dennis; Stannard, Bruce; Larsen, Paul C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0312009003
- ISBN 13
- 9780312009007
- Publisher
- St Martins Pr, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A., 1987.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
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