This diverse and captivating anthology presents twenty-seven stories, essays, and poems by some of today's most prominent authors, including Raymond Carver, Annie Dillard, E. Annie Proulx, Peter Matthiessen, Tim Cahill, Barbara Lloyd, Geoffrey Wolff, and Rick Bass. From icebreakers on Lake Michigan to the twelve-meter yachts of America's Cup, Boats: An Anthology covers a wide geographical and emotional spectrum and will appeal equally to boating aficionados, lovers of contemporary literature, and anyone who has ever enjoyed an afternoon on the water. "Write your name all over the endpapers first. This anthology is a definite keeper." - San Francisco Tribune; "Here is a beautifully written book to be appreciated by old salts and landlubbers alike. There are many moods and feelings here, conveying to the reader humor, terror, calm, joy, beauty - all the seductions of the sea." - Parade.
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FOR A WHILE THERE it looked as if my affinity for small boats had surpassed mere interest and become a compulsive eccentricity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Connolly, New York, Big Boat, Captain Joe, New Zealand, Old Town, San Francisco, Miss Buono, America's Cup, Calamari Maru, Gulf Coast, Joe Madden, Cape Cod, Glyph Cliffs, Middle Bay, Nova Scotia, Stella Lykes, Ashley River, Lake Michigan, New Hampshire, Rara Diva, Sans Souci, South America, Bull Gator, Coast Guard New!
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FOR A WHILE THERE it looked as if my affinity for small boats had surpassed mere interest and become a compulsive eccentricity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Connolly, New York, Big Boat, Captain Joe, New Zealand, Old Town, San Francisco, Miss Buono, America's Cup, Calamari Maru, Gulf Coast, Joe Madden, Cape Cod, Glyph Cliffs, Middle Bay, Nova Scotia, Stella Lykes, Ashley River, Lake Michigan, New Hampshire, Rara Diva, Sans Souci, South America, Bull Gator, Coast Guard New!
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- Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings on page 236, and page 239
- Seasons of the Hunter by Robert Elman in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Great Lakes by R. Allen on page 100, and page 103
- Waters Swift and Still by Craig Woods in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Cruising Guide to the New England Coast: Including the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the Coast of New Brunswick, Twelfth Edition by Robert C. Duncan on page 16
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- Understanding Annie Proulx by Karen L. Rood in Back Matter
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