| Across the Savage Sea: The Epic Journey of the First Woman to Row Across the North Atlantic Contributor(s): Fontenoy, Maud (Author), Sobolinsky, Martin (Translator), D'Aboville, Gerard (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 161145106X ISBN-13: 9781611451061 Publisher: Arcade Publishing OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - Sports & Recreation | Sailing - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011038795 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the last century only six men had defied the power of nature and successfully rowed across the Atlantic from west to east. Maud Fontenoy, a 2005 Time (Europe) Hero, changed that forever when she became the first woman to do so. In 2003 Fontenoy, a young woman and seasoned mariner, set out from Newfoundland in her twenty-four-foot-long boat, Pilot, to row across the North Atlantic. Her goal: to prove that a woman could do what men once believed to be impossible. It became a journey both far more harrowing than even she had imagined and one full of unexpected wonders. Her extraordinary story continues to inspire. |