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ISBN: 0-7570-0128-9
Length: 304 Pages
Size: 9.375
x 11.375-inch
4-Color
Format: Quality Paperback
Category: Biography / Sailing
Price: $39.95
US / $65.00 CAN
Availability:
In Print
Contents
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Barefoot Pirate is the captivating
tale of one man's pursuit of an unshakable dream--a true story of
swashbuckling adventures, classic tall ships, and a sailor's steadfast
determination to prove himself right. It is the personal account
of Captain Mike Burke and the world-famous Windjammer Barefoot Cruise
line he built with his barefoot spirit and his iron will to succeed.
Brilliantly written with full-color photographs
and illustrations, this book offers an insider's view of how Captain
Mike managed to save classic sailing ships from sure destruction,
and, along the way, put together one of the finest fleets of vessels
in the world. Also included are stories of ships once owned by Aristotle
Onassis, E.F. Hutton and his wife Marjorie Merriweather Post, and
George Vanderbilt III, to mention only a few. While you may never
experience the excitement of boarding a tall ship or feel the sea
spray on your face as your ship glides through the ocean, you can
come rather close by sharing the many stories and pictures courtesy
of Captain Mike Burke, the Barefoot Pirate.
Ed Crowell
is a career journalist who has written and edited for daily newspapers
in Florida and Texas for more than thirty years. A graduate of the
University of Florida, he currently lives in Austin, Texas, where
he is a features editor of the Austin American-Statesman.
Robert W.
Schachner studied at Carnegie Mellon University and the
Duquesne University Journalism School. The author of several books,
including How and When to Be Your Own Lawyer and Lost
Words of the English Language, he is also an avid sailor. Currently,
he resides in Plantation Key, Florida.
Contents
Part
1: Beginnings of a Fleet
A Lifetime
of Stories
One Ship at a Time
Part
2: Launching a Dream
Pacific
Trial
Bahama
Buddies
Part
3: Story Time
Saving
Grace
Seized
in Cuba
Part
4:A Survivor's Tales
Dream
Chaser
A Seventies
Ride
Black
Douglas
Part
5: Ships of Character
Love
& Lore of Tall Ships
Yankee
Clipper
Flying
Cloud
Polynesia
Mandalay
Amazing
Grace
Legacy
La
Mer
In Memoriam:
Fantome
Part
6: Sailing On
'Round
the World
Family
Business
At the
Wheel
Part
7: Barefootin'
Cruising
Life
Jammer
Mania
A Man's
Castle
Acknowledgments
Photo
Credits
Index
Reviews
"A
gorgeous coffee-table book ... the next best thing to a Windjammer
cruise."
The
Palm Beach Post
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