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Aka
Published by Sheridan House
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About The Book
Bill Conan, a middle-aged adventurer, has entered a 30,000 mile solo race around the world in the sloop Josephine, seeing it as his last chance to win status and success. Risking the ultimate test of skill, strength and endurance, Conan will follow his course across the vast expanse of the treacherous Atlantic, toward the one disaster a seaman most dreads. Overboard and alone on the open sea, his struggle can have only one end...
Product Details
- Publisher: Sheridan House (July 1, 1998)
- Length: 224 pages
- ISBN13: 9781574090260
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Raves and Reviews
A lyrical and intelligent account of both man and dolphin and the relationship they have to the sea and to each other... This book is a requirement for Jones' fans and for those who have yet to cruise the world with Jones
– Library Journal
This is a seafaring tale about a middle aged man s last ditch attempt to win status and success by entering a single-hand around the world race. He falls overboard, and as he fights to stay alive, encounters a pod of migrating dolphin, including one named Aka. A stirring adventure by a true adventurer.
– Latitudes & Attitudes
A novel about a participant in a single-handed race around the world who falls overboard and is saved by a gang of bottle-nosed dolphins.
– Wooden Boat
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