The Wreck of the " Mary Deare " (Windsor Selections) [Import] [Hardcover]

Hammond Innes (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 392 pages
• Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C; Large Print Ed edition (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754012344
• ISBN-13: 978-0754012344
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OutstandingAdventure Storry, Expert writing, Movie Potential, January 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Wreck of the Mary Deare (Paperback)

My wife picked up this book in a used bookstore in Seward,Alaska, while on a bike trip. We were looking for a cheep read and were shocked that we had bumbled onto a timeless classic. Half way through my wife, who is a professor and creative writer herself, got so exhited about the storry that she cut the book in half so that I could start on the beginning half of the book. The storry is outstanding (and I generally am not a fan of maritime themes), the writing rivals the great authors of the century, and the research is flawless. A must read. It is the second best book that I have ever read, behind "To Whome the Bell tolls"....this one is a lot less depressing.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book in the world, May 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Wreck of the Mary Deare (Hardcover)

I picked up this book as a 13 yr old at a country fair and have been completely heart broken since I lent it a friend who lost it about five years ago. To explain how good it is I have spend these last 5 years doing my damnedest to find a copy. This book should be on every school curriculum. Fascinating, exhilarating, saddening, frustrating - this book brings out every emotion humanly possible. The style of writing leaves you feeling the spirit of the Mary Deare and the shifting of her along the reefs of The Minkies. Fantastic! I cannot wait to get my hands on it again

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars for easy sailing fiction, this is as good as it gets!, March 11, 2002

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secret squirrel (hoy miami; manana buenos aires) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wreck of the Mary Deare (Paperback)

Classic! Like several other reviewers, I just stumbled on an ancient paperback copy of this in a used bookstore, and what a little treasure it is! hard to believe that in 1956 you could pick this book up for just 35 cents, the same book I just bought for 2.50 (though at a mere 4.7% compound interest I guess it's just as well I bought it now, and not in 1956). I'm so happy to see it's still available; keep your expectations low and this is a fast-moving, cleanly written little sailing adventure that stands the test of time; absolutely perfect vacation, travel, or relaxing read. If you're looking for more: I still have not read the highly touted classic `Riddle of the Sands' but I imagine it's very similar.