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Author Bitterman, Pamela Sisman.

Title Sailing to the far horizon : the restless journey and tragic sinking of a tall ship / Pamela Sisman Bitterman
Published Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 345 pages) : illustrations, maps
Summary "More than twenty-five years ago, Pamela Bitterman began her journey on board a 123-foot, sixty-year-old sailing ship being readied for its second global circumnavigation." "Bitterman's initial voyage, during which Hurricane Kendra chased the schooner miles off course to Bermuda, did not impel her to retreat home. Instead, she immersed herself in this created space between the life of a tall ship sailor, world traveler, and adventurer. Her narrative describes rare gatherings with Cuna Indians in the Gulf of San Blas, the discovery of original ancient tikis hidden away in the Marquesas, and a treasured offering of traditional tapa cloth from island natives. Bitterman's experiences also give readers insight into a time of civil unrest in Latin America."
"Sailing to the Far Horizon draws on original journal entries, photographs, and excerpts from official Coast Guard documents that chronicle the enigma that was the Sofia and its dramatic end."--Jacket
Notes English
Subject Bitterman, Pamela Sisman -- Travel
SUBJECT Bitterman, Pamela Sisman. fast (OCoLC)fst00506092
Subject Sofia (Schooner)
SUBJECT Sofia (Schooner) fast (OCoLC)fst00787143
Subject Shipwrecks -- South Pacific Ocean
Shipwrecks.
Travel.
Segelschiff
Schiffsuntergang
South Pacific Ocean.
Pazifischer Ozean -- Süd
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004005376
ISBN 0299201937
9780299201937
0299201902
9780299201906
1283855801
9781283855808