My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn - Couverture rigide

Hays, David; Hays, Daniel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1565121023 ISBN 13 : 9781565121027

Editeur : Algonquin Books, 1995

Synopsis

Chapel Hill . 23 cm. XIV, 227 p. : ill., maps. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. a father and son sail around Cape Horn /. 1st ed .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 1565121023

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Some fathers and sons go fishing together. Some play ball. David Hays and Daniel Hays sailed 17,000 miles through the world's most feared and fabled waters in a little boat they built together. This is their story.

Alone with nothing but the mammoth waves of the Southern Ocean, the unceasing wind, a compass, a sextant and a pet cat, they voyage down the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, past the Galapagos Islands, beyond Easter Island and around their destination--Cape Horn. Father and son narrate in alternating fashion, their voices weaving together an engrossing story of travel, exploration and difficult, dangerous sailing.

But more than a tale of adventure, this is a touching account of a father and son's rite of passage as they assess their complex and evolving relationship. Daniel, out of college and unsure of what he wants in his life, sees his father getting older, more forgetful. David deals with unresolved issues he had with his own father, fearful that he'll make the same mistakes with his son, yet frustrated that Daniel treats him like an old man.

Moving, often hilarious, often poignant, My Old Man and the Sea is a rich and profound chronicle of their voyage of discovery. Every reader will identify with this uplifting story of a father and son who go down to the sea and find each other.

Biographie de l'auteur

David Hays is the Founding Artistic Director of the National Theatre of the Deaf. He is a graduate of Harvard, with a long career in the theatre in England and America, who holds honorary doctorates at Connecticut College, Gallaudet University, and Wesleyan University. He is the author of a book on stage lighting and is a lifelong sailor. He lives in Connecticut.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Algonquin Books
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1565121023
• ISBN 13: 9781565121027
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 227
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible