Nautical & Maritime Fiction, Thrillers, Animals - Fiction, Travel & Transportation - Fiction
Aka
Tristan Jones
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Overview
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 tile one disaster a seaman most dreads. Overboard and alone on the open sea, his struggle can have only one end...But Bill Conan will not be alone. And in place of death, will come an incredible encounter with Aka and his dolphin tribe who discover his plight, communicate with him and work to keep him alive.
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Latitudes & Attitudes
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.Wooden Boat
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.Book Details
Published
January 31, 1998
Publisher
Sheridan House
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781574090260