It was an age without GPS and the Internet, without high-tech monitoring and instantaneous reporting. And it was a time when women simply didn't do such things. None of this deterred Sharon Sites Adams. In June 1965 Adams made history as the first woman to sail solo from the mainland United States to Hawaii. Four years later, just as Neil Armstrong very publicly stepped onto the moon, the diminutive Adams, alone and unobserved, finally sighted Point Arguello, California, after seventy-four days sailing a thirty-one-foot ...
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It was an age without GPS and the Internet, without high-tech monitoring and instantaneous reporting. And it was a time when women simply didn't do such things. None of this deterred Sharon Sites Adams. In June 1965 Adams made history as the first woman to sail solo from the mainland United States to Hawaii. Four years later, just as Neil Armstrong very publicly stepped onto the moon, the diminutive Adams, alone and unobserved, finally sighted Point Arguello, California, after seventy-four days sailing a thirty-one-foot ketch from Japan, across the violent and unpredictable Pacific. She was the first woman to do so, setting another world record. Inspiring and exciting, Adams's memoir recounts the personal path leading to her historic achievements: a tomboy childhood in the Oregon high desert, an early marriage and painful divorce, and a second marriage that ended when her husband died of cancer. In the wake of his death and almost by accident, Adams discovered sailing. Six weeks after her first sailing lesson she bought a boat, and within eight months she set out to achieve her first world record. Pacific Lady recounts the inward journey that paralleled her sailing feats, as Adams drew on every scrap of courage and navigational skill she could muster to overcome the seasickness, exhaustion, and loneliness that marked her harrowing crossings. Purchase the audio edition.
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Fine. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 240 p. Contains: Unspecified, Maps. Outdoor Lives. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 240 p. Contains: Unspecified, Maps. Outdoor Lives. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Inscribed by the author on the FFEP. The binding is tight as if unread with minor shelf wear. Light soiling to edges of text block with a small dark stain to leading edge. Corner creases to two pages. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8.7 x 6.22 x.88. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Jacket Condition: Near Fine. University of Nebraska Press, 2008. 193 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy! Size: 8.7 x 6.22 x.88. Nautical: History Biography Nautical: Journeys 0378.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x0x8; Flat-signed by the author on the FFEP. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Faint soiling to bottom edge of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 2008. 193 pages. Inscribed by the author on front end paper. Black and gray boards with silver spine titling. Cloth lightly rubbed to edges, spine ends. Binding sound. Dust jacket lightly toned, stained, edgeworn. Interior clean, unmarked.