Hard Aground with Eddie Jones: An Incomplete Idiot's Guide to Doing Stupid Stuff with Boats Contributor(s): Jones, Eddie (Author) |
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ISBN: 098220650X ISBN-13: 9780982206508 Publisher: Dry Bones Publishing OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: Hard Aground with Eddie Jones is a collection of cruising and boating stories, offering a "stuck up" look at the underside of cruising and the frustrations we "land-cuffed" sailors experience when our plans for coastal exploration and tropical destinations run aground on the shoals of family, finances and failing health. These columns first appeared in Carolina Cruising and Coastal Cruising Magazine. "If there is a better nautical writer when it comes to relationships and family interactions on the water than Eddie Jones, we don't know about them." -Claiborne Young, author of Cruising Guide to North Carolina "Thanks for your latest Hard Aground column, Eddie. Mel was wondering why I was laughing so early in the morning." -Tom Neale, Cruising Coast and Islands "Eddie has an excellent ear for words and is one of North Carolina's nautical treasures."-Dave Martin, Cruising World Magazine |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Boating - Humor | Topic - Sports - Humor | Form - Essays |
Dewey: 797.1 |
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.47 lbs) 164 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
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Publisher Description: The year I turned thirty my wife became pregnant with our first child. That was on me; I take full responsibility. I was warned by others--men, mostly--that my wife was about to change. |