Call number
910.452 WIL
Collection
Publication
Da Capo Press (1998), Edition: 1st, 360 pages
Description
Biography & Autobiography. History. Nonfiction. HTML: Hear the stories of men and women battling the elements, and sometimes each other, to stay alive, confronting savage storms, rogue waves, icebergs, sharks, starvation and their own fear and suffering. From Sebastian Junger's The Whale Hunter to Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny to Lawrence Beesley's The Loss of The S.S. Titanic, Rough Water is a unique collection of the finest writing on why men and women go to sea, and what they find there. Rough Water is an adventure audiobook at its most compelling!.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Hera
I really looked forward to sailing across the Atlantic to Barbados in a yacht - until I read this book. NOT for the nervous first-time sailor, it's a compilation of hair-raising survival-at-sea true stories that will leave you wondering: "could I live on raw fish eyeballs for 76 days?" and other
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bewildering questions. On no account buy this for someone embarking on a sea journey of any duration: I'd even suggest people who take a ferry across the Thames should give it a miss. This book scares the bejeebus out of me and I love it. Show Less
LibraryThing member David-Block
Badly bound book, glue at the spine gave way and pages became loose. Had to stop reading before attempting repairs.
Pages
360
ISBN
1560251743 / 9781560251743