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Voyage of the Manteno: The Education of a Modern-Day Expeditioner
Voyage of the Manteno The Education of a ModernDay Expeditioner
Author: John Haslett
In 1995, John Haslett went to a tiny fishing village in Ecuador to begin building a thirty-thousand-pound raft made entirely of balsa wood, bamboo, and manila rope. Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl's famed Kon-Tiki voyage, Haslett intended to sail five thousand nautical miles across the open sea to Hawaii. What transpired, however, was anything but a ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312324322
ISBN-10: 0312324324
Publication Date: 11/28/2006
Pages: 336
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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Good sailing story. I have to think that Mr. Haslett is a Jonah but I really admire the way he kept on keeping on.


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