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Blue water, green skipper a memoir of sailing alone across the Atlantic

The author's memoir of sailing alone across the Atlantic, with a new afterword that looks back at how one transatlantic race changed his life.

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Main Author:	Woods, Stuart
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2012.
Edition:	2012 ed.
Subjects:	Woods, Stuart. Observer Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race. Single-handed sailing. Memoirs.
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Summary:	The author's memoir of sailing alone across the Atlantic, with a new afterword that looks back at how one transatlantic race changed his life.
Item Description:	Edition statement from afterword.
Physical Description:	282 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	9780399161117 (hbk.) : 0399161112 (hbk.) :
Author Notes:	Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia on January 9, 1938. He received a B. A. in sociology from the University of Georgia in 1959. He worked in the advertising business and eventually wrote two non-fiction books entitled Blue Water, Green Skipper and A Romantic's Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland. His first novel, Chiefs, was published in 1981. It won an Edgar Award and was made into a TV miniseries starring Charlton Heston. His other works include the Stone Barrington series, the Holly Barker series, the Will Lee series, the Ed Eagle series, the Rick Barron series and the Teddy Fay series. He won France's Prix de Literature Policiere for Imperfect Strangers. His autobiography, An Extravagant Life, was published in June 2022. Stuart Woods died on July 22, 2022, at his home in Lichfield, Connecticut. He was 84. (Bowker Author Biography)