Rowing to Alaska and Other True Stories

Rowing to Alaska and Other True Stories

by WayneMcLennan (Author)

Synopsis

'Ever since I was old enough to think about my life, I'd thought that it would be nice to be rich or to do something important, but I knew that wasn't likely to happen. What I could control however, were two things. How I would live and where. I decided I would never stay doing one job all my life, and that I was going to live away from my home town, far away.' Wayne McLennan tells the story of his utterly extraordinary life through a series of adventures after he leaves his home town in Australia, desperate to avoid following his father and grandfather into the mines. Travelling from the Australian outback to London, to Spain, McLennan has skippered a fishing boat off the coast of Nicaragua, become a professional boxer, mined for gold in Costa Rica and made a gruelling six-month journey - by rowing boat - along the 1,000 miles of coast from Seattle to Alaska. He tells the stories of the compelling characters he encounters along the way: men who refuse to give in to the conformity and comforts of modern life, choosing instead lonely and, often, dangerous occupations. A wonderfully vivid, 'Hemingway-esque' memoir by a talented and honest writer.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 239
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 12 Aug 2004

ISBN 10: 1862077061
ISBN 13: 9781862077065

Author Bio
Wayne McLennan was born in New South Wales, Australia in 1954. He now lives with his wife in Amsterdam and runs a business in Estonia.