The Strange Voyage Of Donald Crowhurst
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
One of the most extraordinary and haunting stories in maritime history, The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst chronicles the doomed solo circumnavigation attempt of a British amateur sailor whose desperate ambition led him to one of the most audacious deceptions the sea has ever witnessed. In 1968, Crowhurst entered the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race — a non-stop solo around-the-world sailing competition — and, unable to face failure, began transmitting false position reports while drifting in the Atlantic, constructing an elaborate fraud that unravelled in tragic and mysterious circumstances when his abandoned trimaran was discovered mid-ocean. Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall bring the investigative rigour of seasoned journalists to bear on this gripping and deeply human story, reconstructing Crowhurst's psychological disintegration through his own logbooks and radio transmissions. The work stands as a masterpiece of narrative non-fiction, raising profound questions about ambition, self-deception, and the pitiless indifference of the open ocean. It is a story that, once encountered, never quite leaves the reader — what drove a man to choose a phantom victory over an honest defeat?
Author: Nicholas Tomalin And Ron Hall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1971, Readers Union
Genre: Maritime history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
One of the most extraordinary and haunting stories in maritime history, The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst chronicles the doomed solo circumnavigation attempt of a British amateur sailor whose desperate ambition led him to one of the most audacious deceptions the sea has ever witnessed. In 1968, Crowhurst entered the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race — a non-stop solo around-the-world sailing competition — and, unable to face failure, began transmitting false position reports while drifting in the Atlantic, constructing an elaborate fraud that unravelled in tragic and mysterious circumstances when his abandoned trimaran was discovered mid-ocean. Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall bring the investigative rigour of seasoned journalists to bear on this gripping and deeply human story, reconstructing Crowhurst's psychological disintegration through his own logbooks and radio transmissions. The work stands as a masterpiece of narrative non-fiction, raising profound questions about ambition, self-deception, and the pitiless indifference of the open ocean. It is a story that, once encountered, never quite leaves the reader — what drove a man to choose a phantom victory over an honest defeat?