عنوان

The lonely sea and the sky /

(Number (ISBN

1840242078

(Number (ISBN

9781840242072

Number

b716462

Title Proper

The lonely sea and the sky /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Sir Francis Chichester.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Chichester :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Summersdale,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2002, ©1964.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

424 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps, portraits ;

Dimensions

20 cm.

Series Title

Summersdale travel

Text of Note

Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964.

Text of Note

"'I would find myself engrossed in his book; he was one of my greatest inspirations and motivations to get involved in the world of solo sailing' Dame Ellen McArthur Aged eighteen with a taste for adventure, Francis Chichester emigrated to New Zealand with ten pounds in his pocket. He tried his hand as a boxer, shepherd, lumberjack and gold prospector, before returning to England. Having qualified as a pilot, in 1929 he embarked on his most famous solo flight in the de Havilland Gipsy Moth from England to Australia. Shortly afterward, he would survive a near-death catastrophe in an attempt to fly solo around the world. Turning to sailing, he won the first single-handed transatlantic yacht race in Gipsy Moth III, despite having been diagnosed with cancer two years previously. In 1967, he became the first person to sail around the world solo from west to east via the great capes."--Publisher's description.

Adventure and adventurers-- Great Britain, Biography.

Adventure and adventurers.

Great Britain.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Chichester, Francis,Sir,1901-1972.

Date of Transaction

20201208085759.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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