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Racing through paradise : a Pacific passage
- Title
- Racing through paradise : a Pacific passage / William F. Buckley, Jr. ; photographs by Christopher Little.
- Author
- Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008
- Publication
- New York : Random House, ©1987.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | G530 .B91 1987 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Little, Christopher
- Description
- xiv, 344 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- Chronicles the author's four thousand-mile sailing voyage across the Pacific with four close friends, his son Christopher, and a photographer.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Setting out : Pacific passage -- Patito -- The angle of Craig's Point -- In & around, Long Island Sound -- Chartering, and a Christmas cruise -- The Azores -- Galapagos, a short stopover -- Tahiti -- The decision : sail the Pacific -- Preparations -- To Johnston Atoll -- The magic of GPS -- At sea -- At Johnston -- To Majuro -- Majuro -- To Kosrae -- Kosrae -- Remembering Phil Weld -- To Kapingamarangi -- Kapinga -- To Kavieng -- Arriving -- the final evening -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 0394557816
- 9780394557816
- LCCN
- 86026209
- OCLC
- ocm14520878
- 14520878
- SCSB-1164618
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library