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Emerging from the South American wilderness after adventures related in The Incredible Voyage, Tristan Jones finally makes it home to Britain to find his vessel, the tiny, nearly indestructible Sea Dart, impounded by customs officials because he cannot pay the import tax. In his quest for the means to liberate his boat, he takes any work he can get: stoking the boilers at Harrod's, regaling TV talk show viewers with wild stories, and in New York skippering...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0924486309
ISBN13:9780924486302
Release Date:August 1998
Publisher:Sheridan House
Length:286 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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The sequel to Incredible Voyage
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Tristan's adventures continue on land. After struggling to get Sea Dart across South America--sometimes dragging the boat through the jungle--Tristan is in danger of losing her. He lives on the streets, takes odd jobs and sinks into despair. It all makes the triumph at the end of the book that much sweeter.
The Anne Frank of Shipwrecks
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
A really wonderful book. Not a simple task to write an entire book based on life in a rescue dinghi. Like Anne Frank's Diary, the book seems at times to drag on ad infinitum, but this was it's strength. You truely feel the anticipation of the character. I couldn't put the book down. I recommend it.
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