Beam Ends [Hardcover]

Errol Flynn (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Buccaneer Books (December 1, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899660924
• ISBN-13: 978-0899660929
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #927,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read this while listening to Jimmy Buffett!, December 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Beam Ends (Hardcover)

This book is a great read! It's stylish, witty, action packed and full of youthful bravado. A barely twenty year old Flynn and three chums set sail up the east coast of Australia in a sail boat Flynn acquires during a binge. While not all the details are exactly true, the nuts and bolts of his story are. You're right there with him,and at the end, wish he'd written more - before his demons dragged him down. If you're a Flynn fan, or just love a good tale, this book won't disappoint. Errol was a talented man; "Beam Ends" gives us a glimpse of what might have been.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beam ends, July 6, 2000

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NORMA A. CAVES - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beam Ends (Hardcover)

a voyage not to be missed-full of descriptive passages about the sea and tropical islands-obvious the writer had first hand knowledge of the ocean

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beam Ends - Youth, Friendship and the Sea, November 10, 2006

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D. C. Liu "Seafarer" (Philadelphia, PA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beam Ends (Hardcover)

I did not know what to expect when I ordered this book. I found that I enjoyed the wonderful adventure described as well as the language used to convey it. It is a great first book for a then twenty-something author. The characters, the passion for sailing and the descriptions of even the smallest of plants and sea life come alive vibrantly. The author clearly read and learned from the classics, and his wonderful, sharp sense of humor comes through with precise, but natural, timing. This is a book that one will truly enjoy reading over and over again. Errol Flynn's second novel "Showdown" is also a fantastic, entertaining read that is again, full of life, passion and clarity and a book worth reading many times over. Mr. Flynn was a multi-talented man whose talent for writing and storytelling should have been supported and encouraged. His "devil may care" attitude and behavior offscreen masked the damage and insecurity caused by a sad childhood and upbringing. It is unfortunate that he was typecast and that tabloid writers seemed to relish riding the coattails of his fast-rising star and then proceeding swiftly to strike him down.