Intrepid Voyagers

English

ISBN: 0071388834

EAN: 9780071388832

Category: Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General/Travel / Essays & Travelogues/

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing

Release Date: 01/28/2012

Synopsis: They risked everything to break a record, win a race, prove a point, test themselves, or for reasons they cant explain. They include the first sailor to survive a Cape Horn rounding alone, the doctor who crossed the Atlantic in a tiny rubber raft without food or water, the twenty-four-year-old who became the fastest woman to sail around the world alone, and fifteen other singular adventurers whose stories have an enduring capacity to inspire and amaze. Book jacket.

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Intrepid Voyagers

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.16 inches

Width: 5.9 inches

Length: 8.8 inches

Weight: 20.85 oz

Pages: 352