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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Amazon Pub
Publication date
December 6, 2011
Pages
320
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781612181431
ISBN-10
1612181430
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.86 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Comeback: How Larry Ellison?s Team Won the America?s Cup | Flirting With Mermaids | At the Mercy of the Sea | Cape Horn to Starboard | The Long Way | Sailing a Serious Ocean | A Voyage for Madmen | How to Sail Around the World | "Fastnet, Force 10"
The Comeback: How Larry Ellison?s Team Won the America?s Cup | Flirting With Mermaids | At the Mercy of the Sea | Cape Horn to Starboard | The Long Way | Sailing a Serious Ocean | A Voyage for Madmen | How to Sail Around the World | "Fastnet, Force 10"
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
In this 10th Anniversary edition, with a new afterword from the author, G.Bruce Knecht tells the harrowing story of a world-renowned sailing race gone fatally bad.
On December 26, 1998, 115 sailboats crossed the starting line of the famous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The 630-nautical-mile contest is among the most difficult races in the world, a test of strength and endurance like few others. But no one could have foreseen the tragedy that would befall the competitors, who sailed into a massive storm that tore apart the fleet with hurricane-force winds and eighty-foot waves. What began as a race for glory rapidly became a fight for survival. In this gripping insiderâs account, award-winning writer G. Bruce Knecht focuses on three yachts and their crews, weaving together an extraordinary story with vivid detail, outsized personalities, and high drama. Most importantly, he offers a glimpse into how people with very different backgrounds responded to something bigger than they wereâand how it changed them forever. Hailed as âharrowingâ by the New York Times, âpulse-poundingâ by People magazine, and âthe Perfect Storm of blue-water sailboat racingâ by Walter Cronkite, The Proving Ground is a true-to-life adventure tale as thrilling as any work of fiction.Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (November 1, 2001)
9780786236435 | details & prices | 447 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $29.95
About: On December 26, 1998, 115 sailboats set out on the annual race from Sydney to Hobart; only 43 would make it to the Tasmanian city, and six sailors would be dead, the race having turned in the worst modern sailing disaster since the 1979 Fastnet Race.
About: On December 26, 1998, 115 sailboats set out on the annual race from Sydney to Hobart; only 43 would make it to the Tasmanian city, and six sailors would be dead, the race having turned in the worst modern sailing disaster since the 1979 Fastnet Race.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Amazon Pub (December 6, 2011)
9781612181431 | details & prices | 320 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.86 lbs | List price $14.95
About: In this 10th Anniversary edition, with a new afterword from the author, G.
About: In this 10th Anniversary edition, with a new afterword from the author, G.
from Grand Central Pub (April 1, 2002)
9780446611855 | details & prices | 368 pages | 4.00 × 6.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $7.50
About: An account of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race describes how the annual sailing competition became one of the worst modern sailing disasters that left six sailors dead and a number of yachts destroyed.
About: An account of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race describes how the annual sailing competition became one of the worst modern sailing disasters that left six sailors dead and a number of yachts destroyed.
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