A Voyage for Madmen
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 4, 2002
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- Who it’s for
- A gripping account of sailors testing human endurance against the open sea and their own limits.
- Themes
- Human endurance, Individual versus the sea, Life-or-death decisions
- Genres
- Sailing, Aviation & Nautical Lives, Adventurers & Explorers
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“An extraordinary story of bravery and insanity on the high seas. . . . One of the most gripping sea stories I have ever read.” — Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm In the tradition of Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm, comes a breathtaking oceanic adventure about an obsessive desire to test the limits of human endurance. In 1968 nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held and never before completed: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop.
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Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death. Gorgeously written and meticulously researched by author Peter Nichols, this extraordinary book chronicles the contest of the individual against the sea, waged at a time before cell phones, satellite dishes, and electronic positioning systems. A Voyage for Madmen is a tale of sailors driven by their own dreams and demons, of horrific storms, and of those riveting moments when a decision means the difference between life and death.
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A gripping account of sailors testing human endurance against the open sea and their own limits.
Come here for
- High-stakes solo sailing and oceanic adventure
- The risks of racing before modern navigation technology
Expect
- Horrific storms and life-or-death decisions
- A meticulously researched account of the 1968 race
Where it sits
| Sailing | 50% |
|---|---|
| Aviation & Nautical Lives | 34% |
| Adventurers & Explorers | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Adventurers & Explorers
- Aviation & Nautical Lives
- Natural Disasters
- Oceans & Seas
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- Natural History
- Boating
- Sports History
- Sailing
- Authors
- Peter Nichols
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- June 4, 2002
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Human endurance · Individual versus the sea · Life-or-death decisions
- Reading lane
- Adventurers & Explorers